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Word of the Day for Saturday, April 30, 2011 effloresce \EF-luh-res\, verb: 1. To burst into bloom; blossom. 2. In chemistry, to change either throughout or on the surface to a mealy or powdery substance upon exposure to air, as a to change either throughout or on the surface to a mealy or powdery substance upon exposure to air, as a crystalline substance through loss of water of crystallization. Do I, from scholar, effloresce into literary man, author by profession? -- Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, The Caxtons; A Family Picture Her leaves do not expand, or her flower-buds effloresce, unless sure of a quantum suff of sunshine. -- Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances), Cecil: Or, The Adventures of Coxcom: A Novel Effloresce combines the Latin roots ex-, "out of", and florescere, "to blossom." Read the full entry | See synonyms | Comment on today's word | Suggest tomorrow's word Yesterday's word | Previous words | Help
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