different between obsolescent vs finochia

English

Etymology

From Latin obsolescentum.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?bs??l?s?nt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?bs??l?s?nt/

Rhymes: -?s?nt

Adjective

obsolescent (comparative more obsolescent, superlative most obsolescent)

1. In the process of becoming obsolete, but not obsolete yet.

Synonyms

• deprecated, on its way out; see also Thesaurus:obsolete

Related terms

• obsolescence
• obsolescently

Translations

See also

• -escent

French

Adjective

obsolescent (feminine singular obsolescente, masculine plural obsolescents, feminine plural obsolescentes)

1. obsolescent

Latin

Verb

obsol?scent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of obsol?sc?

English

Noun

finochia (plural not attested)

1. Archaic spelling of finocchio.
   • 1841, The Farm and the Garden (T.M. Cradock), page 55:

     The Sweet fennel — Fœniculum dulce — comes from Syria and the Azores; this is probably the kind mentioned by French authors; it is cultivated in Italy as a salad herb, under the name of Finochia, and is sometimes grown in England; but it soon degenerates here into the common fennel, and the seed requires to be annually obtained from Italy; when blanched like celery it is very tender and crisp.

   • 1950, Athene: The American Magazine of Hellenic Thought (Athene Enterprises, Inc.), volumes 11–12, page 36:

     No celery with the appetizer array, finochia instead, the Greeks favor its flavor — definitely anise.