incanescent

English

Etymology

From Latin incanescens, present participle incanescere (“to become gray”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛsənt

Adjective

incanescent (comparative more incanescent, superlative most incanescent)

1. (dated, botaany) hoary or grey; canescent.

References

• “incanescent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Verb

incānēscent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of incānēscō