Etymology

nigrescent

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Today it means: Approaching blackness; blackish, dark-coloured. Full definition →

First used 18th c.Latin nigrescens
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  1. Latin · derived fromnigrescens
  2. English todaynigrescent

From Latin nigrescens, present participle of nigrescere (“to grow black”), from niger (“black”). By surface analysis, Latin nigr(ēre) + -escent. See negro.

Words from the same roots

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nigrescence

First known use, by meaning

  • from 18th c. Approaching blackness; blackish, dark-coloured.

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