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nigricant, a.|ˈnɪgrɪkənt|
[ad. L. nigricant-em blackish, swarthy, pres. pple. of nigricāre to be blackish, f. niger black.]
Black. Bot. = nigrescent.
1772Nugent Hist. Fr. Gerund II. 97 To dissipate the nigricant squadrons of darkness. 1887W. Phillips Brit. Discomycetes 182 Globose or hemispherical, nigricant.
So † ˈnigricanting ppl. a., blackening. Obs.—1.
1716M. Davies Athen. Brit. III. Arianism 31 The better to carry on the nigricanting Art of sucking of Spiritual Venom out of Honey-suckles. |