rubescent
/ɹuːˈbɛsənt/
rubescent adjective: turning red; reddening.
Adjective
rubescent (comparative more rubescent, superlative most rubescent)
- turning red; reddening
- Then he could see the modest bookseller, somewhat clammy in his extremities and lost within his academic robe and hood, nervously fidgeting his mortar-board, haled forward by ushers, and tottering rubescent before the chancellor, provost, president (or whoever it might be) who hands out the diploma.1919, Christopher Morley, “Again the Narrative is Retarded”, in The Haunted Bookshop, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, →OCLC, page 171
- Synonyms:
- rubefacient
rubescent meaning in Tamil and Malayalam
rubescent in Tamil
- சிவப்பாக வளர்கின்ற, செம்மையான
rubescent in Malayalam
- ചുവന്നുവരുന്ന, ചുവക്കുന്ന
Synonyms of rubescent
Forms of rubescent
| comparative | more rubescent |
|---|---|
| superlative | most rubescent |
Origin of rubescent
Attested since at least 1730, from Latin rubescens, present participle of rubescere. By surface analysis, Latin rub(eō) + -escent.
Words formed from rubescent
Words that rhyme with rubescent
- 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 rubescent
- What does rubescent mean?
- Rubescent means turning red; reddening.
- What is rubescent in Tamil?
- Rubescent in Tamil is சிவப்பாக வளர்கின்ற, செம்மையான. See Rubescent meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is rubescent?
- Rubescent is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce rubescent?
- Rubescent is pronounced /ɹuːˈbɛsənt/.
Words near rubescent in the dictionary
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