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flavescent

/fləˈvɛs.ənt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
flaves-cent
IPA
/fləˈvɛs.ənt/
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

yellowish in colour, or turning yellow

Etymology

19th century. From Latin flavescens. By surface analysis, Latin flāv(us) + -escent.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more flavescent (comparative) most flavescent (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

albescent erubescent nigrescent virescent

Rhymes With

crescent fluorescent incessant incandescent antidepressant iridescent pubescent convalescent depressant effervescent luminescent quiescent

Questions

How do you pronounce flavescent?
The recorded pronunciation is /fləˈvɛs.ənt/.
What does flavescent mean?
yellowish in colour, or turning yellow
Where does flavescent come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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