contabescent

English

Etymology

Latin contabescens

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌkɒntəˈbɛsənt/
Rhymes: -ɛsənt

Adjective

contabescent (comparative more contabescent, superlative most contabescent)

Wasting away gradually.
- 1868, Charles Darwin, The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […], →OCLC:
  The contabescent plants of Dianthus and Verbascum, found wild by Wiegmann, grew on a dry and sterile bank

Latin

Verb

contābēscent

third-person plural future active indicative of contābēscō

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