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English
Etymology
From (the present participle stem of) Latin pallēscere (“to become pale”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
pallescent (comparative more pallescent, superlative most pallescent)
- (now chiefly botany, zoology) Growing or becoming pale.
1818, Thomas Love Peacock, chapter 9, in Nightmare Abbey, Hookham, published 1818:[T]he spirit of black melancholy, began to set his seal on her pallescent countenance.
Latin
Verb
pallēscent
- third-person plural future active indicative of pallēscō