The Collaborative International Dictionary
Candent \Can`dent\, a. [L. candens, p. pr. of cand["e]re to
glitter. See Candid.]
Heated to whiteness; glowing with heat. ``A candent vessel.''
--Boyle.
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Wiktionary
a. (context now rare English) glowing as a result of its high temperature; incandescent, glowing with heat.
WordNet
adj. emitting light as a result of being heated; "an incandescent bulb" [syn: incandescent]
Usage examples of "candent".
This is mostly for certification reasons,104 plus all but one of the prorectors are low-level touring professionals, with low-level professional tennis players in general being not exactly the most candent stars in the intellectual Orion.
I cared nothing for Evalie then, caught in that limbo which at once was ice and candent core of rage.
One sun came rolling out from its fellows, an immense orb of candent sapphire.
A million hornets buzzed in rage, and lightnings flashed along the candent boundary, ceasing only when the spear point was withdrawn.