contabescent

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English

Etymology

From Latin contabescens.

Pronunciation

Adjective

contabescent (comparative more contabescent, superlative most contabescent)

  1. Wasting away gradually.

Latin

Verb

contābēscent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of contābēscō