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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

ig•nes•cent adj.

emitting sparks of fire, as certain stones when struck with steel.
bursting into flame.

n.

an ignescent substance.

Latin ignēscent- (stem of ignēscēns), present participle of ignēscere to catch fire, equivalent. to ign(is) fire + -ēscent- -escent
1820–30

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