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Nigrescent

//nɪˈɡɹɛsənt// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Approaching blackness; blackish, dark-coloured.

    "Pomp of Words Moſt ſplendidly nigrescent"

Etymology

From Latin nigrescens, present participle of nigrescere (“to grow black”), from niger (“black”). See negro.

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