Word of the Day – Scaturient

Scaturient (adj)

skat-ur-ee-unt

gushing; overflowing./overly demonstrative; effusive.

First recorded in 1675–85; from Latin scatūr(r)ient-, stem of scatūr(r)iēns, present participle of scatūr(r)īre “to gush out, bubble up”; see -ent

Example sentences

“I can’t bear her fawning, scaturient nature!”