nigrescent

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/naɪˈɡrɛsənt/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(nī gres′ənt)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
ni•gres•cent  (nī gres′ənt),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. tending toward black;
    blackish.
  • Latin nigrēscent- (stem of nigrēscēns, present participle of nigrēscere to turn black, grow dark), equivalent. to nigr- (stem of niger) black + -ēscent- (see -esce, -ent)
  • 1745–55
ni•gres′cence, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
nigrescent / naɪˈɡrɛsənt/
  1. blackish; dark
Etymology: 18th Century: from Latin nigrescere to grow black, from niger black; see Negro1niˈgrescence

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