canescent

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kəˈnɛsənt/

Adjective

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.

Related terms

• canescence

Latin

Verb

cānēscent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of cānēscō