Dictionary

adularescence en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /-dj-/ (US)
• /-ʊl-/ (US)
• /ˌæd͡ʒələˈɹɛsəns/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree English adularia Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti Proto-Italic *-ēskō Latin -ēscō Latin -escensder. English -escence English adularescence From adularia + -escence.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The optical phenomenon, exhibited by some specimens (moonstones) of the mineral adularia, of exhibiting a white to pale bluish or rarely pale orange sheen along crystal faces.

Relateds

sanidine · adularescent

Translations (1)

pt adularescência (bluish sheen along crystal faces)