Scandent Skan Duhnt Adjective Climbing Ascending Latin Scandere Climb

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.