FREMESCENT

Adjective

fremescent (comparative more fremescent, superlative most fremescent)

(poetic) Becoming murmurous; roaring.

Source: Wiktionary


Fre*mes"cent, a. [L. fremere to roar, murmur + -escent.]

Definition: Becoming murmurous, roaring. "Fremescent clangor." Carlyle. -- Fre*mes"cence (#), n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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ONCHOCERCIASIS

(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America


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