canescent

English

Etymology

From Latin canescens, present participle of canescere (“to become gray or white”)

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /kəˈnɛsənt/

Adjective

canescent (comparative more canescent, superlative most canescent)

  1. Turning white or gray.
    • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 434:
      An aureole of canescent hair fanned out round his head, and his jaws collapsed on toothless gums […].
  2. (botany) Covered with short white or gray hairs; hoary.

Latin

Verb

cānēscent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of cānēscō
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