Definitions
emitting light as a result of being heated
Word origin
Borrowed from French incandescent, from Latin incandescens, from incandesco (“be heated, glow”), from in- (intensifying prefix) + candesco (“become white”), from candidus (“white”).
Used in a sentence
“We will all go together when we go / All suffused with an incandescent glow”
“The incandescent performance enraptured the audience.”
“She is incandescent with rage because someone stole her wallet.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Glowing hot”12 letters
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