albescencen.

Brit.

/alˈbɛsns/, U.S.

/ælˈbɛs(ə)ns/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin albescentia.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin albescentia (1620 or earlier) < classical Latin albēscent- , present participial stem of albēscere to become white, to become light in colour, to become bright (see albescent adj.) + -ia -ia suffix¹; compare -ence suffix, -escence suffix.

Paleness; whiteness; the quality or fact of being or becoming white or pale.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > absence of colour > [noun] > paleness

bleachc1050

palenessc1350

wanness1382

pallorc1400

whiteness?c1425

palea1547

lightness1552

albescence1742

sickness1849

1742 tr. Acta Germanica I. 352 It seems necessary to me to distinguish..between the paleness or albescence proper to pearly ambers..and between the paleness precisely peculiar to the white.

1835 Eclectic Rev. Dec. 439 Our own cadaverous white, the vaunted albescence of the European or Caucasian race, is the distinction of a small minority.

1943 Amer. Naturalist 77 290 The more extensive dusky white on the ventral side of the red fox may be referred to as albescence when it is desired to distinguish it from the true white spotting.

1997 E. Hand Glimmering ii. ix. 186 His ghastly pallor had eased into a nearly luminous albescence.

2002 Observer (Nexis) 8 Dec. (Mag.) 60 The white garden at Sissinghurst..is famous for its flowery albescence.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	albescence
释义	albescencen. Brit. /alˈbɛsns/, U.S. /ælˈbɛs(ə)ns/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin albescentia. Etymology: < post-classical Latin albescentia (1620 or earlier) < classical Latin albēscent- , present participial stem of albēscere to become white, to become light in colour, to become bright (see albescent adj.) + -ia -ia suffix¹; compare -ence suffix, -escence suffix. Paleness; whiteness; the quality or fact of being or becoming white or pale. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > absence of colour > [noun] > paleness bleachc1050 palenessc1350 wanness1382 pallorc1400 whiteness?c1425 palea1547 lightness1552 albescence1742 sickness1849 1742 tr. Acta Germanica I. 352 It seems necessary to me to distinguish..between the paleness or albescence proper to pearly ambers..and between the paleness precisely peculiar to the white. 1835 Eclectic Rev. Dec. 439 Our own cadaverous white, the vaunted albescence of the European or Caucasian race, is the distinction of a small minority. 1943 Amer. Naturalist 77 290 The more extensive dusky white on the ventral side of the red fox may be referred to as albescence when it is desired to distinguish it from the true white spotting. 1997 E. Hand Glimmering ii. ix. 186 His ghastly pallor had eased into a nearly luminous albescence. 2002 Observer (Nexis) 8 Dec. (Mag.) 60 The white garden at Sissinghurst..is famous for its flowery albescence. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1742
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