erubescent

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Deep-orbed as in its erubescent fire,

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  • Deep-orbed as in its erubescent fire, —  Poems
  • Up and far up and over, -- the heaven grew erubescent, —  Myth and Romance Being a Book of Verses
  • The spark in the hanging lamp had almost expired, and the fire was reduced to a mere handful of coals, casting an erubescent glow over the pew and its occupants. —  The Ghost of Guir House
  • They were clever enough to know that her keenest desire would be to keep the disgraceful past from the knowledge of her husband, rather than from a society seasoned these many years to erubescent pasts. —  The Avalanche
  • Warrington fairly burst out into a boohoo of laughter: even the widow was obliged to laugh: and the Major erubescent confounded the impudence of the young folks, and said when he had his hair cut he would keep a lock of it for Miss Laura. —  The History of Pendennis
 

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  1. = French érubescent = Italian erubescente, from Latin erubescen(t-)s, present participle of erubescere, grow red, redden, especially for shame, blush, from e, out, + rubescere, grow red: see rubescent.
 

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