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albescent

/alˈbɛs.ənt/

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18th century. From Latin albescens, present participle of albescere (“to grow white”), from albus (“white”). By surface analysis, Latin alb(us) + -escent.

adjective more albescent · most albescent

Becoming white or whitish; moderately white. 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

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adj becoming white

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@misc{albescent_2026,
  title = {albescent},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/albescent},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}