marcescent
English
Etymology
From Latin marcescens, present participle of marcescere.
Adjective
marcescent (not comparable)
- (botany, of an organ, such as a leaf or blossom; rarely also used figuratively) Withered, but still attached.
- a. 1893, Edith M. Thomas, The Undertime of the Year, published in The Atlantic Monthly, volume 72 (October 1893), page 452:
- How often is the flower of human life marcescent, tenacious of its old estate when the blooming-time is past.
- 1990, Tom Robbins, Another Roadside Attraction, page 75:
- “But,” she answered, “granting that Mon Cul is a remarkable creature, that he is the elder statesman among monkeys, that his marcescent eyelids have opened upon sights and splendors about which the most romantic among us only dream, […] ”
- a. 1893, Edith M. Thomas, The Undertime of the Year, published in The Atlantic Monthly, volume 72 (October 1893), page 452:
- (mycology) Able to revive when moistened.
Translations
botany
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mycology
Anagrams
- scarcement
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin marcēscēns (“wasting”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /məɾ.səˈsent/
- (Central) IPA(key): /mər.səˈsen/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /maɾ.seˈsent/
Adjective
marcescent (masculine and feminine plural marcescents)
- (botany) marcescent
Further reading
- “marcescent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Adjective
marcescent (feminine marcescente, masculine plural marcescents, feminine plural marcescentes)
- marcescent
Further reading
- “marcescent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
marcēscent
- third-person plural future active indicative of marcēscō
Romanian
Etymology
From French marcescent.
Adjective
marcescent m or n (feminine singular marcescentă, masculine plural marcescenți, feminine and neuter plural marcescente)
- marcescent
Declension
Declension of marcescent
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | marcescent | marcescentă | marcescenți | marcescente | ||
| definite | marcescentul | marcescenta | marcescenții | marcescentele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | marcescent | marcescente | marcescenți | marcescente | ||
| definite | marcescentului | marcescentei | marcescenților | marcescentelor | |||