maturescent

English

Etymology

From Latin maturescens, present participle of maturescere (“to become ripe”), verb inchoate from maturus. See mature (adjective).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛsənt

Adjective

maturescent (comparative more maturescent, superlative most maturescent)

1. Approaching maturity.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “maturescent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• mutterances

Latin

Verb

mātūrēscent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of mātūrēscō