The document defines and provides the etymology of the word "incandescent". It begins by listing definitions from the Oxford English Dictionary describing something that glows brightly from heat or intense feeling. It then traces the word to its Latin roots of "kindle" and "become white" or "to shine". Subsequent definitions from dictionaries and a breakdown of the word's morphemes provide further linguistic context for the original and current meaning of "incandescent" as glowing or shining intensely from heat or passion.

1. “Incandescent”
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2. The Oxford English Dictionary
• Emitting light on account of being at a high
temperature; glowing with heat;
• Glowing, brightly shining, brilliantly luminous;
Intensely hot; An incandescent lamp or burner;
becoming or being warm or intense in
feeling, expression, etc.; ardent, fiery; ‘flaming up’.

3. Online Etymology Dictionary
kindle, become white, to shine and state of being
inflamed.

4. Online Etymology Dictionary
kindle, become white, to shine and state of being
inflamed.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
marked by brilliance, especially of expression and
characterized by glowing zeal.

5. From the Latin
Incandescentem- become warm, glow, kindle

6. From the Latin
Incandescentem- become warm, glow, kindle
French
The French then took the word and dropped
the “em,” making it simply incandescent.

7. Morphemes
• “in” - meaning “within,” “into,” “in,” “on,” and “upon”
• “candescent” - from the Latin candescentem, meaning “to
become white, begin to gleam”
• “candle” -