rubescent

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/ɹuːˈbɛsənt/

Definition of rubescent

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

turning red; reddening

“Then he could see the modest bookseller, somewhat clammy in his extremities and lost within his academic robe and hood, nervously fidgeting his mortar-board, haled forward by ushers, and tottering rubescent before the chancellor, provost, president (or whoever it might be) who hands out the diploma.”

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Attested since at least 1730, from Latin rubescens, present participle of rubescere. By surface analysis, Latin rub(eō) + -escent.

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