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rubescent

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ru⋅bes⋅cent

  [roo-bes-uhnt]
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–adjective
becoming red; blushing.
Origin:
1725–35; < L rubēscent- (s. of rubēscēns, prp. of rubēscere to redden), equiv. to rub(ēre) to be red (deriv. of ruber red; see ruby ) + -ēsc- inchoative suffix + -ent- -ent

Related forms:
ru⋅bes⋅cence, noun
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ru·bes·cent   (rōō-běs'ənt)   
adj.  Turning red; reddening.

[Latin rubēscēns, rubēscent-, present participle of rubēscere, to grow red, inchoative of rubēre, to be red; see reudh- in Indo-European roots.]
ru·bes'cence n.
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rubescent ru·bes·cent (r&oomacr;-běs'ənt)
adj.
Turning red; reddening.

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