"vitrescent" meaning in English

See vitrescent in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more vitrescent [comparative], most vitrescent [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛsənt Etymology: From Latin vitrum + -escent. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|vitrum}} Latin vitrum, {{suffix|en||escent}} + -escent Head templates: {{en-adj}} vitrescent (comparative more vitrescent, superlative most vitrescent)
  1. Becoming glass; glassy, vitreous.
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "vitrum"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin vitrum",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "",
        "3": "escent"
      },
      "expansion": "+ -escent",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin vitrum + -escent.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more vitrescent",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most vitrescent",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "vitrescent (comparative more vitrescent, superlative most vitrescent)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -escent",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 14:",
          "text": "“You from deep cauldrons and unmeasured caves / Blow flaming airs, or pour vitrescent waves […].”",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Becoming glass; glassy, vitreous."
      ],
      "id": "en-vitrescent-en-adj-Yyz-706L",
      "links": [
        [
          "glass",
          "glass"
        ],
        [
          "glassy",
          "glassy"
        ],
        [
          "vitreous",
          "vitreous"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛsənt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vitrescent"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "vitrum"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin vitrum",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "",
        "3": "escent"
      },
      "expansion": "+ -escent",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin vitrum + -escent.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more vitrescent",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most vitrescent",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "vitrescent (comparative more vitrescent, superlative most vitrescent)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English 3-syllable words",
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "English terms suffixed with -escent",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Rhymes:English/ɛsənt",
        "Rhymes:English/ɛsənt/3 syllables"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 14:",
          "text": "“You from deep cauldrons and unmeasured caves / Blow flaming airs, or pour vitrescent waves […].”",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Becoming glass; glassy, vitreous."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "glass",
          "glass"
        ],
        [
          "glassy",
          "glassy"
        ],
        [
          "vitreous",
          "vitreous"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛsənt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vitrescent"
}

Download raw JSONL data for vitrescent meaning in English (1.4kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-09-22 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-09-20 using wiktextract (af5c55c and 66545a6). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.