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erubescency

erubescency is the alternative form of erubescence.

Meaning of erubescence

Noun

erubescence (usually uncountable, plural erubescences)

  1. (usually) The act of becoming red; reddening.
  2. (usually) Redness of the skin or surface of anything; a blushing.
    • I then ventured to ask the master to ask small and red Dougal what cutlery was; but from the sudden erubescence of his pallid, ill-fed cheek, and the alarming brightness of his eyes, I twigged at once that he didn't himself know what it meant.1861, John Brown, “Education Through the Senses”, in Spare Hours, page 306
  3. (usually) Reddishness.

Questions about erubescency

What is erubescency the alternative form of?
Erubescency is the alternative form of erubescence.

Words near erubescency in the dictionary

  1. Ertzes
  2. ERU
  3. erub
  4. erubescence
  5. erubescences
  6. erubescency
  7. erubescent
  8. erubescite
  9. erubescites
  10. eruboside
  11. erubs

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