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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pallescent

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
palles-cent
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Growing or becoming pale.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From (the present participle stem of) Latin pallēscere (“to become pale”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more pallescent (comparative) most pallescent (superlative)

Rhymes With

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

Questions

What does pallescent mean?
Growing or becoming pale.
Where does pallescent come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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