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efflorescent

[ ef-luh-res-uhnt ]

adjective

  1. efflorescing; blossoming.
  2. Chemistry.
    1. subject to efflorescence.
    2. covered with or forming an efflorescence.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of efflorescent1

1810–20; < Latin ڴڱōŧԳ- (stem of ڴڱōŧŧԲ ), present participle of ڴڱōŧ to effloresce; -ent
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It was as though he’d been peering through a narrow lens and the aperture began to widen to take in the entire landscape in a kind of efflorescent illumination.

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Viewed from space, there's all this enticing, suddenly efflorescent terrain far from the tropics.

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Of those works, a particularly thrilling one will be Gamboa II, an extravagant, efflorescent canopy made of dangling beads, balls, flowers and other materials typically used for samba floats.

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Across the River Thames on the Southbank, there is an efflorescent roof garden with a difference.

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It coincided with Isabella's reign, and was a characteristic outburst of its new wealth and conquests, appropriately efflorescent and grandiose, though if carried one step beyond it would be decadent.

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