albescent
- adjective
- /ælˈbɛsənt/
- The flowers are albescent at the tips, fading gently from pink to a creamy white.
Examples
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Dawn revealed an albescent sky, hinting at the coming daylight.
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In winter, the trees become albescent with frost.
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As the fruit ripens, its skin becomes albescent, signaling it is ready to eat.
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The sky turned albescent at dawn.
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As the fruit ripens, its skin becomes albescent, signaling it is ready to eat.
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The flowers are albescent at the tips, fading gently from pink to a creamy white.
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In winter, the trees become albescent with frost.
Synonyms
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1.0
Has very light color and often looks sick or afraid
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2.4
Not dark in color, often pale like white
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4.0
A very light, shiny white color like a pearl
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2.3
Having a light color that is not bright
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1.6
Light in color, slightly pale like milk
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4.2
A white color that is not bright or shiny
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5.1
A light color that is not strong
Having a very pale, smooth, and slightly see-through color like fine white stone
Having a light grey or whitish colour and often covered in fine pale hairs
Antonyms
How White
Surface Forms
Morphology
albescent = alb + escent
The word is a learned borrowing from Latin meaning 'becoming white', but its base element is not a transparent English word for most learners.
Etymology
Albescent comes from the Latin albus, 'white', and the ending -escent, 'becoming'. So albescent means 'becoming white', which helps you picture fruit, flowers, or the sky slowly turning pale.