albescent
Pronunciation: /alˈbesənt
adjective
chiefly • literary
growing or shading into white: the albescent waves on the horizon
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Origin
early 18th century: from Latin albescere 'become white', from albus 'white'.
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My beard has gone mostly gray, unlike Santa, whose beard was albescent.
["Gray" is my regional (US) spelling for the not-white-not-black color, but I'm always inclined to spell it "grey" which apparently is the UK style. I have to check myself from time to time. Today was one of those times.]
