RECRUDESCENCE

PRONUNCIATION: (ree-kroo-DES-uhns)

MEANING: noun: A renewed activity after a period of dormancy.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin recrudescere (to become raw again), from re- (again) + crudescere (to get worse), from crudus (raw). Earliest documented use: 1665.

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REBRUDESCENCE - Eau de Twice-Perked Coffee

RECRUDESCENE - about that gross part of the movie