- lambent
[lambent 词源字典]
- lambent: see lap
[lambent etymology, lambent origin, 英语词源] - lambent (adj.)
- 1640s, from figurative use of Latin lambentem (nominative lambens), present participle of lambere "to lick," from PIE root *lab-, indicative of smacking lips or licking (cognates: Greek laptein "to sip, lick," Old English lapian "to lick, lap up, suck;" see lap (v.1)).