maturescent
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin maturescens, present participle of maturescere (“to become ripe”), verb inchoate from maturus. See mature (adjective).
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɛsənt
Adjective edit
maturescent (comparative more maturescent, superlative most maturescent)
- Approaching maturity.
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “maturescent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Verb edit
mātūrēscent