enascent

enascent

English

Etymology

From Latin ēnāscēns, present participle of ēnāscor (“spring up”), from ē- (“out”) + nāscor (“be born”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈnæsənt/

Adjective

enascent (not comparable)

1. (rare) Just coming into being; nascent.
   • 1744–1745, William Warburton, Remarks on Several Occasional Reflections.

     in which, you just get the first glimpse, as it were, of an enascent equivocation.

   • 1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, p. 61:

     With sweet vicissitudes of day and clime / Mark'd the new annals of enascent Time.

Anagrams

• canteens