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violescent

[ vahy-uh-les-uhnt ]

adjective

  1. tending to a violet color:

    a violescent twilight sky.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of violescent1

1840–50; < Latin viol ( a ) violet + -escent
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Example Sentences

The portrait was vile, a dirty grey colour with large violescent patches.

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