nigrescent
UK/nɪˈɡɹɛsənt/
nigrescent adjective: approaching blackness; blackish, dark-coloured.
Adjective
nigrescent (comparative more nigrescent, superlative most nigrescent)
- Approaching blackness; blackish, dark-coloured.
- Pomp of Words Moſt ſplendidly nigrescent1725, Thesaurus ænigmaticus
- At night the temperature is 250 degrees below zero; by day it is the heat of boiling water. Yet the sun is but an intense circle of white aloft in a nigrescent sky.1958, Jefferson Howard Sutton, “Chapter 9”, in First on the Moon
- Synonyms:
- black
Synonyms of nigrescent
Forms of nigrescent
| comparative | more nigrescent |
|---|---|
| superlative | most nigrescent |
Origin of nigrescent
From Latin nigrescens, present participle of nigrescere (“to grow black”), from niger (“black”). By surface analysis, Latin nigr(ēre) + -escent. See negro.
Words formed from nigrescent
Words that rhyme with nigrescent
- crescent
- evanescent
- deliquescent
- fluorescent
- incandescent
- efflorescent
- quiescent
- senescent
- accrescent
- acquiescent
- arborescent
- circumcrescent
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- convalescent
- depressant
- effervescent
- erubescent
- excrescent
- iridescent
- juvenescent
- lapidescent
- pubescent
- recrudescent
- reflorescent
- spinescent
- tumescent
- virescent
- viridescent
- acaulescent
- adipescent
- adularescent
- adultescent
- adultolescent
- agonescent
- albescent
- alcalescent
- alkalescent
- antidepressant
- autofluorescent
- autoluminescent
- biofluorescent
- bioluminescent
- calescent
- candescent
- cathodoluminescent
- caulescent
- cerulescent
- cessant
- chemifluorescent
- chemiluminescent
- chemoluminescent
- cinerescent
- coalescent
- concrescent
- contabescent
- crystalloluminescent
- cytofluorescent
- decadescent
- decalescent
- defervescent
- delitescent
Questions about nigrescent
- What does nigrescent mean?
- Nigrescent means approaching blackness; blackish, dark-coloured.
- What part of speech is nigrescent?
- Nigrescent is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce nigrescent?
- Nigrescent is pronounced /nɪˈɡɹɛsənt/ (UK).
Words near nigrescent in the dictionary
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