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glaucescent

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
glauces-cent
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a somewhat glaucous appearance

Etymology

See glaucous and -escent. By surface analysis, Latin glauc(us) + -escent.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more glaucescent (comparative) most glaucescent (superlative)

Derived Forms

glaucescence

Rhymes With

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

Questions

What does glaucescent mean?
Having a somewhat glaucous appearance
Where does glaucescent come from?
See glaucous and -escent. By surface analysis, Latin glauc(us) + -escent.

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