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Meaning of marcescent | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Withered, but still attached.
    also, figuratively, not-comparable, rare
  2. Able to revive when moistened.
    not-comparable

Equivalents

Français marcescent

Examples

“How often is the flower of human life marcescent, tenacious of its old estate when the blooming-time is past.”
““But,” she answered, “granting that Mon Cul is a remarkable creature, that he is the elder statesman among monkeys, that his marcescent eyelids have opened upon sights and splendors about which the most romantic among us only dream,[…]””

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

marcgraviaceous marchantiaceous marchesal marching marchlike marchy

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