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Synonyms for efflorescent
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ef-luh-res-uh nt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌɛf ləˈrɛs ənt |
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Définition of efflorescent
Origin :- 1818, from Latin efflorescentem (nominative efflorescens), present participle of efflorescere (see effloresce).
- As in emergent : adj resulting
- As in floral : adj decorated with flowers
- In nothing is it akin to Isabella's efflorescent Plateresque-Gothic.
- Extract from : « Heroic Spain » by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
- By careful evaporation, efflorescent prismatic crystals may be obtained, soluble in 41⁄2 parts of water.
- Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
- And then the long hotel piazza came in view, efflorescent with the full-toiletted fair.
- Extract from : « Tales of the Argonauts » by Bret Harte
- Their ordinary speech was ornate and efflorescent, throwing itself out in simile and hyperbole.
- Extract from : « Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St Luke » by Henry Burton
- To be so near the reality, the literal flesh and blood of what had been a long series of efflorescent dreams, quite stirred him.
- Extract from : « John Ermine of the Yellowstone » by Frederic Remington
- In April the mating season would be over and the birds silent, a brooding stillness possess an efflorescent Eden.
- Extract from : « Lincoln's Love Story » by Eleanor Atkinson
- Their edges should be smeared with candle-grease, to prevent the salt creeping over them by efflorescent vegetation.
- Extract from : « A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines » by Andrew Ure
- I hope these efflorescent days (if you have them) don't turn your stomach too much against the thick taste of the Julian broth.
- Extract from : « The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II » by Henry James
- Gilfoyle's forgotten affections came back to life, expanding and efflorescent.
- Extract from : « We Can't Have Everything » by Rupert Hughes
- This salt, in its efflorescent state, exists extensively in the limestone caves of Missouri and Arkansas.
- Extract from : « Scenes and Adventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas » by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
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