| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Becoming hoary or gray; canescent.[Websters]
2. Being canescent. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb incanescently.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (incanescently) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective incanescent.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "INCANESCENT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Etymology:Incanescent \In`ca*nes"cent\, adjective. [Latin expression incanescens, p. pr. incanescere to become gray.]. (references) |
