recrudescent

English

Etymology

From Latin recrūdēscō (“I become raw again”); from re- + crūdēscō (“I become harsh or raw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɹɛkɹu(ː)ˈdɛsənt/
• Rhymes: -ɛsənt

Adjective

recrudescent (not comparable)

1. Breaking out again or reemerging after temporary abatement or suppression.

   This seems to be a recrudescent strain of the plague rather than a wholly new disease.

2. (archaic) Growing raw, sore, or painful again.

Hypernyms

• recurrent
• reemergent

Related terms

• recrudescence

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.kʁy.dɛ.sɑ̃/, /ʁə.kʁy.de.sɑ̃/

Adjective

recrudescent (feminine recrudescente, masculine plural recrudescents, feminine plural recrudescentes)

1. recrudescent, reemerging

Related terms

• recrudescence

Further reading

• “recrudescent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French recrudescent.

Adjective

recrudescent m or n (feminine singular recrudescentă, masculine plural recrudescenți, feminine and neuter plural recrudescente)

1. recrudescent

Declension

Declension of recrudescent

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	recrudescent		recrudescentă	recrudescenți	recrudescente
	definite	recrudescentul		recrudescenta	recrudescenții	recrudescentele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	recrudescent		recrudescente	recrudescenți	recrudescente
	definite	recrudescentului		recrudescentei	recrudescenților	recrudescentelor