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nigrescent, a.|naɪˈgrɛsənt|
[ad. L. nigrescent-em, pres. pple. of nigrescĕre to grow black, f. niger black.]
Blackish, somewhat black.
1755in Johnson. 1772Nugent Hist. Fr. Gerund I. 531 The nigrescent maculation of their pristine niveous candour. 1819H. Busk Vestriad i. 272 The glossy ermine,..Or scarcer sable with nigrescent locks. 1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) IV. 450 The Nigrescent Leprosy..is improperly called black, though it was so named by the Greeks. 1882Entom. Mag. Mar. 223 A. gibbera..has black halteres, as well as nigrescent alulets and wings. |