What does nigrescent mean?
Nigrescent means Approaching blackness; blackish, dark-coloured..
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/nɪˈɡɹɛsənt/ · adjective
Approaching blackness; blackish, dark-coloured..
Pomp of Words Moſt ſplendidly nigrescent
At night the temperature is 250 degrees below zero; by day it is the heat of boiling water. Yet the sun is but an intense circle of white aloft in a nigrescent sky.
[T]he dark death roses came into bloom. I cut them and carried them to Thecla, nigrescent purple flecked with scarlet.
Use nigrescent when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Nigrescent means Approaching blackness; blackish, dark-coloured..
Common synonyms include black.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Pomp of Words Moſt ſplendidly nigrescent
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