rubescent

[ roo-bes-uhnt ]

adjective

1. becoming red; blushing.

rubescent

/ ruːˈbɛsənt /

adjective

1. literary.
   reddening; blushing

Derived Forms

• ruˈbescence, noun

Other Words From

• ru·bescence noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of rubescent¹

1725–35; < Latin rubēscent- (stem of rubēscēns, present participle of rubēscere to redden), equivalent to rub ( ēre ) to be red (derivative of ruber red; ruby ) + -ēsc- inchoative suffix + -ent- -ent

Word History and Origins

Origin of rubescent¹

C18: from Latin rubescere to grow red, from ruber red

Example Sentences

The words “He Was Special 2 Me” are emblazoned across the shirt in rubescent detail.

From New York Times

Jasmine found it embarrassing at first to watch her uncle's tongue rubescent with all that vaunted good-health titillate itself in anticipation along the sparse hairs of his grey moustache, just as Spot titillated his back upon the leaves of shrubberies.

From Project Gutenberg

Rubescent, rōō-bes′ent, adj. tending to a red colour.—n.

From Project Gutenberg

Amid a theatre of opalescent clouds reefed in the east, the sun diffused its glory, and shaped rubescent coral columns, edging its facade with azure and gold.

From Project Gutenberg

Rubescent, Rubicund, reddish or blushing.

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