Literary notes about Albescent (AI summary)
The term "albescent" is employed to evoke a subtle, pale quality that can shift with light or context. In one passage, the word is used to describe a part of an animal where the typical snow-white hue may, under certain conditions, exhibit an albescent tint, offering a nuanced contrast to other, more vivid colors [1] [2]. In another instance, it characterizes the lower parts of a female, imbuing the description with an air of soft, diffused whiteness [3].
- It differs chiefly in the croup being blue instead of snow-white; but as Mr. Blyth informs me, the tint varies, being sometimes albescent.
— from The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 1 by Charles Darwin - It chiefly differs in the croup being blue instead of snow-white; but as Mr. Blyth informs me, the tint varies, being sometimes albescent.
— from The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. by Charles Darwin - In females the whole lower parts are albescent."
— from Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale
