rubescent
[ roo-bes-uhnt ]
/ ruˈbɛs ənt /
adjective
becoming red; blushing.
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A shaft of noonday sunlight, coming through a side window, struck his hair and made a rubescent halo around his freckled face.
British Dictionary definitions for rubescent
rubescent
/ (ruːˈbɛsənt) /
adjective
literary reddening; blushing
Derived forms of rubescent
rubescence, nounWord Origin for rubescent
C18: from Latin rubescere to grow red, from ruber red
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Medical definitions for rubescent
rubescent
[ rōō-bĕs′ənt ]
adj.
Turning red; reddening.
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