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View synonyms for phosphorescent

phosphorescent

[ fos-fuh-res-uhnt ]

adjective

  1. exhibiting phosphorescence.


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Other Words From

  • phospho·rescent·ly adverb
  • semi·phospho·rescent adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of phosphorescent1

First recorded in 1760–70; phosphor(us) + -escent
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Example Sentences

My eyes traveled up their phosphorescent legs to their faces and back down again.

Amid was phosphorescent with love for his wife and kids, his sisters, his in-laws, his mom.

The Japanese matted floor, even in darkness, gives out a sort of ghostly, phosphorescent glow.

Inside each was a small projection apparently of a fungoid character, that was phosphorescent.

The waiters were all Martian slaves, he noticed, their phosphorescent owl-eyes smoldering in the dim blue light.

The air and the plain were literally sparkling with the phosphorescent light of the fire-fly.

During my fortnight's stay I often sat listening to the eloquent silence of these phosphorescent nights.

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