erubescent

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erubescent

/ˌɛɹ.ʊˈbɛs.ənt/

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18th century. From Latin erubescens, present participle of erubescere (“to grow red”); e (“out”) + rubescere. See rubescent. By surface analysis, e- + Latin rub(eō) + -escent.

adjective more erubescent · most erubescent

Red; reddish. Cycloptically through the windowdisks and with eddying awes the round eyes of the rundreisers, back to back, buck to bucker, on their airish chaunting car, beheld with intouristing anterestedness the clad pursue the bare, the bare the green, the green the frore, the frore the cladagain, as their con
Blushing [T]he Major erubescent confounded the impudence of the young folks, and said when he had his hair cut he would keep a lock of it for Miss Laura.

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@misc{erubescent_2026,
  title = {erubescent},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/erubescent},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}