Albescent
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /alˈbɛs.ənt/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Albescent is an adjective meaning Becoming white or whitish; moderately white.
Meaning
Becoming white or whitish; moderately white.
Example Sentences
Albescent shapes played over the walls, teasing hundreds of drifty pleasures from his brain.
This proceedeth from the variety of air (commonly found in islands) which sometimes being moist, sullies and renders the cornelian pale or albescent, after the manner of glass, which when breath'd upon, is clouded with a pale whitish colour, but upon change to a drier air, which will often happen in a moment, the cornelian recovers its former brisk red colour.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include whitish, albicant, white, off-white, light, whity.
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