ni·gres·cence (n -gr s  ns)n. 1. The process of becoming black or dark. 2. Blackness or darkness, as of complexion. [From nigrescent, blackish, from Latin nigr  scns, nigrscent-, present participle of nigrscere, to become black, from niger, nigr-, black; see nekw-t- in Indo-European roots.]ni·gres cent adj. |
nigrescence
the process of becoming black; blackness, as of the skin. — nigrescent, adj.
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