From purple + -escent. <span class="searchmatch">purplescent</span> (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">purplescent</span>, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">purplescent</span>) Tending toward a purple colour; purplish....
-scō (inchoative suffix). Equivalent to purpure + -escent. Doublet of <span class="searchmatch">purplescent</span>. purpurescent (comparative more purpurescent, superlative most purpurescent)...
opalescent ovalescent pallescent papescent pearlescent phosphorescent <span class="searchmatch">purplescent</span> purpurescent spinescent spinulescent vaporescent vinescent violescent...
opalescent ovalescent pallescent papescent pearlescent phosphorescent <span class="searchmatch">purplescent</span> purpurescent spinescent spinulescent vaporescent vinescent violescent...