albescentadj.

Brit.

/alˈbɛsnt/, U.S.

/ælˈbɛs(ə)nt/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin albēscent-, albēscēns, albēscere.

Etymology: < classical Latin albēscent-, albēscēns, present participle of albēscere to become white, to become light in colour, to become bright < albēre to be white (see albid adj.) + -ēscere -esce suffix.

Growing or becoming white; shading or passing into white.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > whitening > [adjective] > becoming white

candicant1657

albescent1705

blanchingc1800

1705 Browne's Myographia Nova (ed. 2) ii. 55 Extracting an albescent Liquor, which we commonly call Chile.

1782 R. Jephson Tour to Celbridge in Hibernian Mag. Nov. 555/1 The beard excepted, which hung thick, long, and albescent below his breast, there was no circumstance of singularity in the colonel's appearance.

1831 W. Howitt Bk. Seasons 306 The galaxy stretches its albescent glow athwart the northern sky.

1868 C. Darwin Variation Animals & Plants I. vi. 184 The croup being blue instead of snow-white; but the tint varies, being sometimes albescent.

1922 Ophthalmic Yearbk. 18 209/2 Intravascular spaces a more or less pale grey, covered with discreet small punctate spots; in every part of the fundus these ‘albescent’ spots.

1973 R. Zoellner Salt-sea Mastodon iii. 35 [It]..is no real ship, but rather the albescent image of the questing craft voyaging out of space and beyond time.

2002 W. Boyd Any Human Heart (2009) 376 The familiar old moon hung up there with a fuzzy corona around it, albescent in the soft black sky.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	albescent
释义	albescentadj. Brit. /alˈbɛsnt/, U.S. /ælˈbɛs(ə)nt/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin albēscent-, albēscēns, albēscere. Etymology: < classical Latin albēscent-, albēscēns, present participle of albēscere to become white, to become light in colour, to become bright < albēre to be white (see albid adj.) + -ēscere -esce suffix. Growing or becoming white; shading or passing into white. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > whitening > [adjective] > becoming white candicant1657 albescent1705 blanchingc1800 1705 Browne's Myographia Nova (ed. 2) ii. 55 Extracting an albescent Liquor, which we commonly call Chile. 1782 R. Jephson Tour to Celbridge in Hibernian Mag. Nov. 555/1 The beard excepted, which hung thick, long, and albescent below his breast, there was no circumstance of singularity in the colonel's appearance. 1831 W. Howitt Bk. Seasons 306 The galaxy stretches its albescent glow athwart the northern sky. 1868 C. Darwin Variation Animals & Plants I. vi. 184 The croup being blue instead of snow-white; but the tint varies, being sometimes albescent. 1922 Ophthalmic Yearbk. 18 209/2 Intravascular spaces a more or less pale grey, covered with discreet small punctate spots; in every part of the fundus these ‘albescent’ spots. 1973 R. Zoellner Salt-sea Mastodon iii. 35 [It]..is no real ship, but rather the albescent image of the questing craft voyaging out of space and beyond time. 2002 W. Boyd Any Human Heart (2009) 376 The familiar old moon hung up there with a fuzzy corona around it, albescent in the soft black sky. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1705
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