efflorescent
adjective
efflorescent is an adjective meaning “Bursting into flower” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled E-F-F-L-O-R-E-S-C-E-N-T, and it appears about once in every 83 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does efflorescent mean?
adjective
- 1
Bursting into flower.
- 2
Growing at a rapid rate; flourishing.
- 3
Forming a white dust or efflorescence on the surface.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of efflorescent
- more efflorescent comparative
- most efflorescent superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is efflorescent?
Efflorescent appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does efflorescent come from?
From Latin efflōrēscēns. Compare French efflorescent. By surface analysis, effloresce + -ent.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).