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rubescent

[ roo-bes-uh nt ]
/ ruˈbɛs ənt /
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adjective

becoming red; blushing.

RELATED WORDS

crimson, blooming, cerise, claret, colored, florid, healthy, red, rosy, ruddy, reddish, blushing, rubicund, erubescent, incarnadine

Nearby words

rubens, peter paul, rubeola, rubeola virus, rubeosis, rubeosis iridis diabetica, rubescent, rubiaceous, rubicon, rubicund, rubidium, rubidium-strontium dating

Origin of rubescent

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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British Dictionary definitions for rubescent

rubescent

/ (ruːˈbɛsənt) /

adjective

literary reddening; blushing

Derived Forms

rubescence, noun

Word Origin for rubescent

C18: from Latin rubescere to grow red, from ruber red
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Medicine definitions for rubescent

rubescent

[ rōō-bĕs′ənt ]

adj.

Turning red; reddening.
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