单词 | nigricant |
释义 | nigricant/ˈnɪɡrɪk(ə)nt/adjective Black; (Botany ) turning black with age. OriginLate 18th century; earliest use found in Thomas Nugent (c1700–1772), writer and traveller. From classical Latin nigricant-, nigricāns blackish, swarthy, present participle of nigricāre to be blackish from nigr-, niger black + -icāre, verbal suffix. Compare Italian †nigricante, Portuguese nigricante. |
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