recrudescent

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From the Latin recrūdēscō (“I become raw again”); from re- + crūdēscō (“I become harsh or raw”).

AdjectiveEdit

recrudescent (not comparable)

1. breaking out again or reemerging after temporary abatement or suppression

   This seems to be a recrudescent strain of the plague rather than a new disease altogether.

2. (archaic) growing raw, sore, or painful again

HypernymsEdit

• recurrent
• reemergent

Related termsEdit

• recrudescence

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FrenchEdit

AdjectiveEdit

recrudescent (feminine singular recrudescente, masculine plural recrudescents, feminine plural recrudescentes)

1. recrudescent, reemerging

Related termsEdit

• recrudescence

Further readingEdit

• “recrudescent” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).