descaecer

From des- + archaic caecer (“to occur”), from Latin *cadescere.

• IPA^(key): /deskaeˈθeɾ/ [d̪es.ka.eˈθeɾ] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /deskaeˈseɾ/ [d̪es.ka.eˈseɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: des‧ca‧e‧cer

descaecer (first-person singular present descaezco, first-person singular preterite descaecí, past participle descaecido)

1. (obsolete) to decline; to wane

   Synonyms: declinar, menguar

• “descaecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025