Rubescent
/ɹuːˈbɛsənt/ adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 turning red; reddening
"Then he could see the modest bookseller, somewhat clammy in his extremities and lost within his academic robe and hood, nervously fidgeting his mortar-board, haled forward by ushers, and tottering rubescent before the chancellor, provost, president (or whoever it might be) who hands out the diploma."
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More examples"Then he could see the modest bookseller, somewhat clammy in his extremities and lost within his academic robe and hood, nervously fidgeting his mortar-board, haled forward by ushers, and tottering rubescent before the chancellor, provost, president (or whoever it might be) who hands out the diploma."
Etymology
Attested since at least 1730, from Latin rubescens, present participle of rubescere.