erubescence
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Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Mid 18th century. From Latin erubescens, from erubesco, from ex- + rubesco. Compare French érubescence.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
erubescence (usually uncountable, plural erubescences)
- The act of becoming red; reddening.
- Redness of the skin or surface of anything; a blushing.
- 1861, John Brown, “Education Through the Senses”, in Spare Hours, page 306:
- I then ventured to ask the master to ask small and red Dougal what cutlery was; but from the sudden erubescence of his pallid, ill-fed cheek, and the alarming brightness of his eyes, I twigged at once that he didn't himself know what it meant.
- Reddishness.
Coordinate terms edit
- albescence (“becoming white”), cerulescence (“becoming blue”), flavescence (“becoming yellow”), nigrescence (“becoming black”), virescence (“becoming green”)