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smolder

smol·der

UK/ˈsməʊldə(ɹ)/ US/ˈsmoʊldɚ/ fairly common us

verb

1.

burn slowly and without a flame

  • “a smoldering fire”
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Origin

From Middle English smolderen (“to suffocate, stifle”), from Middle English smolder (“smoke, smoky vapour”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *smolōn (“to burn, glow, fume, smoulder”). Related to Proto-West Germanic *smallijan (> English smell).

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