a. Obs. rare–1. [ad. L. candicānt-em, pr. pple. of candicāre to be whitish or white.] Growing white, inclining to white, whitish.
1657. Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., 317. Small cups with candicant flowers.
1731. Bailey, vol. II. Candicant, waxing white. Hence in Johnson, and mod. Dicts.
Hence Candicancy, ‘a whitening or making fair, etc.’ (Bailey, vol. II. 1731).
