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rubescent
ru·bes·cent
/
ruˈbɛs
ənt
/
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[
roo-
bes
-
uh
nt
]
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adjective
becoming red; blushing.
Origin:
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
Related forms
ru·bes·cence,
noun
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rubescent
(ruːˈbɛs
ə
nt)
—
adj
literary
reddening; blushing
[C18: from Latin
rubescere
to grow red, from
ruber
red]
ru'bescence
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Medical Dictionary
rubescent
ru·bes·cent (r&oomacr;-běs'ənt)
adj.
Turning red; reddening.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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