Nigrescent

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nigrescent \Ni*gres"cent\, a. [L. nigrescens, p. pr. of
     nigrescere to grow black, fr. niger black. See {Negro}.]
     Growing black; changing to a black color; approaching to
     blackness. --Johnson.
     [1913 Webster]