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rufescence

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ru⋅fes⋅cent

  [roo-fes-uhnt]
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–adjective
somewhat reddish; tinged with red; rufous.
Origin:
1810–20; < L rūfēscent- (s. of rūfēscēns, prp. of rūfēscere to redden), equiv. to rūf(us) red 1 , tawny + -ēsc- inchoative suffix + -ent- -ent

Related forms:
ru⋅fes⋅cence, noun
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ru·fes·cent   (rōō-fěs'ənt)   
adj.  Tinged with red.

[Latin rūfēscēns, rūfēscent-, present participle of rūfēscere, to become red, from rūfus, red, reddish; see reudh- in Indo-European roots.]
ru·fes'cence n.
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