The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rufescent
Rufescent \Ru*fes"cent\, a. [L. rufescens, p. pr. of rufescere to become reddish, fr. rufus red: cf. F. rufescent.] Reddish; tinged with red.
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rufescent
a. Reddish; tinged with red.
Usage examples of "rufescent".
Blyth seems to think that this animal gets more rufescent with age, judging from two examples sent from Mergui.
The broad-faced young man, perhaps twenty years of age, with the look that questioned and the ready smile, his hair rufescent as glowing embers.
A hundred and eleven colored fountains leaped: rufescent, iridescent, viridescent.