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Definition: ALBICANT

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Growing or becoming white.[Websters]
2. Being albescent or whitish. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb albicantly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(albicantly)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective albicant.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Albicant" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Albicant \Al"bi*cant\, adjective. [Latin expression albicans, present participle of albicare, albicatum, to be white, from albus white.]. (references)

Definition: ALBICANT

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Growing or becoming white.[Websters]
2. Being albescent or whitish. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb albicantly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(albicantly)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective albicant.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "ALBICANT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Albicant \Al"bi*cant\, adjective. [Latin expression albicans, present participle of albicare, albicatum, to be white, from albus white.]. (references)