nigrescence
- noun
- /nɪˈɡrɛsəns/
:
negrecimiento
- The artist captured the gradual nigrescence of twilight in her painting.
Examples
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Scientists studied the nigrescence of volcanic rocks after the eruption.
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The nigrescence of the sky warned sailors of the approaching storm.
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The nigrescence of the painting deepened over time.
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The nigrescence of the landscape was stunning at sunset.
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The nigrescence of the sky signaled that a thunderstorm was imminent.
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In the process of aging, the nigrescence of the wood added character to the furniture.
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During sunset, the nigrescence of the clouds created a beautiful silhouette against the horizon.
Synonyms
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1.0
A deep, strong color often used in cloth or paint
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1.3
How dark a color or object looks
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3.7
A change when something becomes less light in color
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4.4
A change that makes metal, food or walls turn black
How Dark
Surface Forms
Morphology
nigrescence = nigrescent (opaque) = nigresc + ence
Although the form is historically built from a learned stem meaning 'blacken' plus the noun suffix -ence, the stem and the resulting word are not transparent to an average learner.
Etymology
Nigrescence comes from the Latin word niger 'black', so it literally means 'becoming black'. You can picture the sky darkening before a storm to remember it, because the word is used for the process of something turning very dark in color.