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testator (iou) and incandescent (oh)


testator (iou)



testator noun. ME.
[Anglo-Norman testatour from Latin testator, from testari: see TESTATE noun & adjective1, -OR.]
A person who makes a will, esp. one who has died leaving a will.

incandescent (oh)



[Date: 1700-1800; Language: Latin; Origin: , present participle of incandescere, from candescere 'to become hot']
very angry
::The Prince was said to be incandescent with rage .
technical producing a bright light when heated
::the invention of the incandescent lamp
literary very bright
::incandescent flowers
-- incandescence n [U]