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单词 rubescent
释义

rubescent

[ roo-bes-uhnt ]
/ ruˈbɛs ənt /
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adjective

becoming red; blushing.

Origin of rubescent

1725–35; <Latin rubēscent- (stem of rubēscēns, present participle of rubēscere to redden), equivalent to rub(ēre) to be red (derivative of ruber red; see ruby) + -ēsc- inchoative suffix + -ent--ent

OTHER WORDS FROM rubescent

ru·bes·cence, noun

Words nearby rubescent

Rubens, Peter Paul, rubeola, rubeola virus, rubeosis, rubeosis iridis diabetica, rubescent, rubiaceous, Rubicon, rubicund, rubidium, rubidium-strontium dating
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Example sentences from the Web for rubescent

  • A shaft of noonday sunlight, coming through a side window, struck his hair and made a rubescent halo around his freckled face.

    McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, September 1908, No. 5|Various

British Dictionary definitions for rubescent

rubescent
/ (ruːˈbɛsənt) /

adjective

literary reddening; blushing

Derived forms of rubescent

rubescence, noun

Word Origin for rubescent

C18: from Latin rubescere to grow red, from ruber red
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for rubescent

rubescent
[ rōō-bĕsənt ]

adj.

Turning red; reddening.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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