Rubescent

//ɹuːˈbɛsənt// adj

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Adjective
  1. 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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coloringolivescent

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"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.

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