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albescent

[ al-bes-uhnt ]

adjective

  1. becoming white; whitish.


albescent

/ æˈɛəԳ /

adjective

  1. shading into, growing, or becoming white
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԳ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·cԳ noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of albescent1

1825–35; < Latin ŧԳ- (stem of ŧŧԲ, present participle of ŧ ), equivalent to alb ( us ) white + -ŧԳ- -escent
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of albescent1

C19: from Latin ŧ to grow white, from albus white
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Unit-Peripheral's sensorium swivelled back to the q-mailed image: a multicoloured globe with ugly patterns of toxic cyan, sickly green patches, deathly brown scars, all overlain with ghastly albescent tendrils.

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It chiefly differs in the croup being blue instead of snow-white; but as Mr. Blyth informs me, the tint varies, being sometimes albescent.

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DESCRIPTION.—Above rusty brown; below rusty, more or less albescent; extremities pale, almost flesh-coloured; ears rather long; head rather elongated; tail equal to and sometimes exceeding head and body.

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It differs chiefly in the croup being blue instead of snow-white; but as Mr. Blyth informs me, the tint varies, being sometimes albescent.

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