rubescent

[ roo-bes-uhnt ]
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adjective
  1. becoming red; blushing.

Origin of rubescent

1
1725–35; <Latin rubēscent- (stem of rubēscēns, present participle of rubēscere to redden), equivalent to rub(ēre) to be red (derivative of ruber red; see ruby) + -ēsc- inchoative suffix + -ent--ent

Other words from rubescent

  • ru·bes·cence, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for rubescent

rubescent

/ (ruːˈbɛsənt) /


adjective
  1. literary reddening; blushing

Origin of rubescent

1
C18: from Latin rubescere to grow red, from ruber red

Derived forms of rubescent

  • rubescence, noun

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