incanescent

English

Etymology

Latin incanescens, present participle incanescere (“to become gray”).

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɛsənt

Adjective

incanescent (comparative more incanescent, superlative most incanescent)

(dated, botaany) hoary or grey; canescent.

References

“incanescent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Verb

incānēscent

third-person plural future active indicative of incānēscō

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