marcescent
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin marcescens, present participle of marcescere.
Adjective edit
marcescent (not comparable)
- (botany, of an organ such as a leaf or blossom; rarely also figurative) Withered, but still attached.
- a. 1893, Edith M. Thomas, The Undertime of the Year, published in The Atlantic Monthly, volume 72 (October 1893), page 452:
- How often is the flower of human life marcescent, tenacious of its old estate when the blooming-time is past.
- 1990, Tom Robbins, Another Roadside Attraction, page 75:
- “But,” she answered, “granting that Mon Cul is a remarkable creature, that he is the elder statesman among monkeys, that his marcescent eyelids have opened upon sights and splendors about which the most romantic among us only dream, […] ”
- a. 1893, Edith M. Thomas, The Undertime of the Year, published in The Atlantic Monthly, volume 72 (October 1893), page 452:
- (mycology) Able to revive when moistened.
Translations edit
botany
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mycology
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin marcēscentem (“wasting”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [mər.səˈsen]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [mər.səˈsent]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [maɾ.seˈsent]
- Rhymes: -ɛsənt
Adjective edit
marcescent m or f (masculine and feminine plural marcescents)
Further reading edit
- “marcescent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French edit
Etymology edit
From Latin marcēscentem.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Adjective edit
marcescent (feminine marcescente, masculine plural marcescents, feminine plural marcescentes)
Further reading edit
- “marcescent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Verb edit
marcēscent
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French marcescent.
Adjective edit
marcescent m or n (feminine singular marcescentă, masculine plural marcescenți, feminine and neuter plural marcescente)
Declension edit
Declension of marcescent
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | marcescent | marcescentă | marcescenți | marcescente | ||
definite | marcescentul | marcescenta | marcescenții | marcescentele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | marcescent | marcescente | marcescenți | marcescente | ||
definite | marcescentului | marcescentei | marcescenților | marcescentelor |