The Word of the Day comes from "THE THOUSAND AUTUMNS OF JACOB DE ZOET" by David Mitchell.
INGRAVESCENT
adjective MEDICINE adjective: ingravescent
(of a condition or symptom) gradually increasing in severity.
Origin
early 19th century: from Latin ingravescent- ‘growing heavy or worse’, from the verb ingravescere (based on gravis ‘heavy’).
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