flavescent
Meaningturning yellow
Common meaning: turning yellow
- flavyellow, goldenLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 758 · scan
- escentadjective ending: becoming, starting to
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin flāvus ‘yellow, golden’.
Roots
- flāvus, -a, -um Latin “yellow, golden”
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