contabescent

English

Etymology

Latin contabescent

Adjective

contabescent (comparative more contabescent, superlative most contabescent)

  1. Wasting away gradually.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Charles Darwin to this entry?)

Latin

Verb

contābēscent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of contābēscō
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