Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
albescent. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
albescent, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
albescent in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
albescent you have here. The definition of the word
albescent will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
albescent, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Etymology
18th century. From Latin albescens, present participle of albescere (“to grow white”), from albus (“white”)
Pronunciation
Adjective
albescent (comparative more albescent, superlative most albescent)
- Becoming white or whitish; moderately white.
1726, The British Apollo: containing two thousand answers to curious questions in most arts and sciences, serious, comical, and humorous, approved of by many of the most learned and ingenious of both universities, and of the Royal-Society, 3rd edition, volume 1, the Bell in Little Britain: printed for Theodore Sanders, page 67:This proceedeth from the variety of air (commonly found in islands) which sometimes being moist, sullies and renders the cornelian pale or albescent, after the manner of glass, which when breath'd upon, is clouded with a pale whitish colour, but upon change to a drier air, which will often happen in a moment, the cornelian recovers its former brisk red colour.
- 2002, Steve Aylett, The Velocity Gospel, Scar Garden 2010 (Complete Accomplice), p. 180:
- Albescent shapes played over the walls, teasing hundreds of drifty pleasures from his brain.
Coordinate terms
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
albēscent
- third-person plural future active indicative of albēscō