canescent

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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canescent (comparative more canescent, superlative most canescent)

  1. Turning white or gray.
    • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 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.
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Latin

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Verb

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cānēscent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of cānēscō