emittent /ɪˈmɪtənt/ adjective1 •Sending forth; emissive.For, not to repeat, that the emittent Body was firm and cold, the Effect produced by the Effluvium that guided the Setting-dog, vvas vvrought upon the Sensory of a living and vvarm Animal; […] — 1673 formsmore emittent · most emittent