pallescent

English

Etymology

From (the present participle stem of) Latin pallēscere (“to become pale”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛsənt

Adjective

pallescent (comparative more pallescent, superlative most pallescent)

1. (now chiefly botany, zoology) Growing or becoming pale. [from 17th c.]
   • 1818, Thomas Love Peacock, chapter 9, in Nightmare Abbey, Hookham, published 1818:

     [T]he spirit of black melancholy, began to set his seal on her pallescent countenance.

Latin

Verb

pallēscent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of pallēscō