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Scandent Skan Duhnt Adjective Climbing Ascending Latin Scandere Climb

This flashcard defines "scandent" as an adjective meaning climbing or ascending.

This flashcard defines "scandent" as an adjective meaning climbing or ascending.

Back scandent /SKAN-duhnt/
Front
adjective
Climbing or ascending.

[From Latin scandere (to climb). Ultimately from the Indo-European root skand- (to leap or climb), which also gave us ascend, descend, condescend, transcend, echelon, and scale. Earliest documented use: 1682.]

"They come and vegetate -- early-goers and scandent socialites -- loitering about and small-talking on the pavement; gradually they edge indoors to the crawl of ivy and creeping plants, spreading like gossip through rooms and around corners." - Kol; Fools; Xlibris; 2012. 

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