incandescent

Meanings

Adjective

emitting light as a result of being heated
shining very brightly
showing intense emotion, as of a performance, etc.

Noun

An incandescent lamp or bulb

Origin

From French incandescent, from Latin incandescens, from incandesco, from in- + candesco, from candidus.

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