Word of the Day: FREMESCENT


ETYMOLOGY
as if from Latin fremescentem, pr. pple. of fremescere
freq. vb. from Latin fremere (to roar)


EXAMPLE
“… The tide advances; Syndic Roederer’s and all men’s straits grow straiter and straiter. Fremescent clangor comes from the armed Nationals in the Court; far and wide is the infinite hubbub of tongues …”

From: The French Revolution: A History
By Thomas Carlyle, 1837

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