Meanings
adjectivehyalescent (not comparable)
- not comparablebiologyWhich becomes translucent.
The cruel crimson scar blanched and became a pale violet, and his vulturous eyes glazed, turned hyalescent […] as if the hell-fire that had raged behind them had burnt itself out […]
1989, Nick Cave, And the Ass Saw the Angel
Origin
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with hyalescent
crescentfluorescentantidepressantincandescentconvalescentsuppressantiridescentincessantluminescentquiescentpubescentdepressanteffervescentopalescentpearlescentflorescentevanescentelectroluminescenttumescentphosphorescentessentprepubescentsenescentobsolescent
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APA
hyalescent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyalescent
MLA
“hyalescent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyalescent. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hyalescent,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyalescent.
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