-escent
adjective suffix
1
: beginning : beginning to be : slightly
frutescent
2
: reflecting or emitting light (in a specified way)
opalescent
Word History
Etymology
Middle French, from Latin -escent-, -escens, present participle suffix of inchoative verbs in -escere
- resist
- resist printing
- resist-dye
- resistance
- resistance area
- resistance box
- resistance coil
- resistance derivatives
- resistance drop
- resistance furnace
- resistance heating
- resistance level
- resistance point
- resistance thermometer
- resistance welding
- resistances
- resistant
- resistantly
- resistants
- resisted
- resistent
- resistents
- resister
- resisters
- resistful