a. [ad. L. erūbēscent-em, pr. pple. of ērūbēscĕre to blush, f. ē out + rūbēscĕre to redden. Cf. F. érubescent.] Reddening, blushing.
1736. in Bailey.
1775. in Ash.
1849. Thackeray, Pendennis, liii. The Major erubescent confounded the impudence of the young folks.
¶ quasi-sb. = RUBEFACIENT.
1823. H. H. Wilson, Ess. on Sansk. Lit. (1864), I. 383. Besides these we have thread, leaves, bandages, pledgets, heated metallic plates for erubescents [etc.].
