pallescent
English
editEtymology
editFrom (the present participle stem of) Latin pallēscere (“to become pale”).
Pronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -ɛsənt
Adjective
editpallescent (comparative more pallescent, superlative most pallescent)
- (now chiefly botany, zoology) Growing or becoming pale. [from 17th c.]
- 1818, Thomas Love Peacock, chapter 9, in Nightmare Abbey, Hookham, published 1818:
- [T]he spirit of black melancholy, began to set his seal on her pallescent countenance.
Latin
editVerb
editpallēscent