marcescent
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin marcescens, present participle of marcescere.
Adjective
editmarcescent (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
editbotany
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mycology
Anagrams
editCatalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin marcēscentem (“wasting”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Central) [mər.səˈsen]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [mər.səˈsent]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [maɾ.seˈsent]
- Rhymes: -ɛsənt
Adjective
editmarcescent 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
editEtymology
editFrom Latin marcēscentem.
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Adjective
editmarcescent (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
editVerb
editmarcēscent
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French marcescent.
Adjective
editmarcescent m or n (feminine singular marcescentă, masculine plural marcescenți, feminine and neuter plural marcescente)
Declension
editDeclension 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 |
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