Associations to the word «Candescent»

Wiktionary

CANDESCENT, adjective. Glowing with heat; white-hot, incandescent

Dictionary definition

CANDESCENT, adjective. Glowing from great heat.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats