| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| rufescent |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ru·fes·cent |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  r -f s  nt |
| ADJECTIVE: | Tinged with red. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin r f scns, rfscent-, present participle of rfscere, to become red, from rfus, red, reddish. See reudh- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | ru·fescence —NOUN
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