erubescenceとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Mid 18th century. From Latin erubescens, from erubesco, from ex- +‎ rubesco. Compare French érubescence. By surface analysis, e- +‎ Latin rub(eō) +‎ -escence.

発音

• IPA: /ˌɛɹʊˈbɛsəns/, /ˌɛɹuˈbɛsəns/

名詞

erubescence (usually uncountable, plural erubescences)

1. The act of becoming red; reddening.
2. Redness of the skin or surface of anything; a blushing.
   • 1861, John Brown, “Education Through the Senses”, in Spare Hours, page 306:

     I then ventured to ask the master to ask small and red Dougal what cutlery was; but from the sudden erubescence of his pallid, ill-fed cheek, and the alarming brightness of his eyes, I twigged at once that he didn't himself know what it meant.

3. Reddishness.

等位語

• albescence (“becoming white”), cerulescence (“becoming blue”), flavescence (“becoming yellow”), nigrescence (“becoming black”), virescence (“becoming green”)

関連する語

• erubescent