emicant

English

Etymology

From Latin ēmicāns, present participle of ēmicō. See emication.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛmɪkənt/

Adjective

emicant (comparative more emicant, superlative most emicant)

1. Beaming forth; flashing.
   • 1712, Richard Blackmore, Creation: A Philosophical Poem:

     which emicant did this and that way dart

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “emicant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• -metacin, nematic

Latin

Verb

ēmicant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of ēmicō