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involute
xylophilous
seraphic
lentic


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PRONUNCIATION:

(LEN-tik)

MEANING:

adjective: Relating to or living in still water.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin lentus (slow, calm), which also gave us relent, lentamente (slowly, used in music direction), and lentitude (slowness). Earliest documented use: 1935. The form lenitic is also used. The word for “relating to or living in moving water” is lotic.

USAGE:

“At her side, Clo snarled, ‘That lentic spawn of a caiman’s balls.’”
Laura Lam and Elizabeth May; Seven Devils; DAW; 2020.

See more usage examples of lentic in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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