Definition of "albescent" [al•bes•cent]

• Becoming white or moderately white; whitish. (adjective)

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• "The same ancestor - Latin albus, alba, album - has issue in several English scions: alb, albedo, albescent, albumen, etc."
• "There the true gods led him to the subterranean pool where eyeless, albescent fish swam around the clutch of huge eggs, as hard as the finest armor, left there countless centuries past."
• "Their breath hung in the air, their words made visible in albescent puffs, as connected as an island chain."