candent

English

Etymology

From Latin candentem, from candere.

Adjective

candent (comparative more candent, superlative most candent)

1. (now rare) Glowing as a result of its high temperature; incandescent, glowing with heat.
   • 1958, Lawrence Durrell, Balthazar:

     beneath them also flowered, like some immense coloured crystal, a semicircle of lake water, candent and faithful as a magic lantern to the startled images of fish scattering and reforming with movements of surprise, curiosity, perhaps even pleasure.

Latin

Verb

candent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of candeō