Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A white heat; glowing heat.
- noun Heat of passion; violent anger.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare A growing hot; a white or glowing heat; incandescence.
- noun obsolete Violent anger; a growing angry.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state of being
excandescent , ofglowing withheat . - noun Heat of
passion ; violentanger .
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There is even "excandescence," an uncommon word that refers to a feverish condition brought on by anger or passion.
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