DUSKY
ADJECTIVES
► A-DUSK dusky, dark, gloomy → 1856
► CREPUSCULINE pert. to twilight; illuminated by twilight; dim, dusky → 1550
► CREPUSCULOUS dusky, dim, glimmering, indistinct, obscure; of the nature of twilight; in a state between light and darkness → 1646
► DIMITY dusky, dark → 1884 Eng. dial.
► DUNNY dark, dusky → 1529
► FUSC ► FUSK dark brown, dusky → 1599
► FUSCESCENT passing into a dark or dusky hue; brownish; approaching darkish brown in colour → 1881
► FUSCOUS dusky, swarthy; of a dark or sombre hue → 1671
► MIRK dusky, dark, gloomy, obscure → 1671 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► OBFUSCOUS dusky, dark in colour or aspect → 1822-34
► OFFUSC dusky, dark → 1849 obs.
► OOMSKIT dusky, dirty-grey or brownish in colour → 1866 Sc.
► SMUTTY dusky, dark; of the colour of smut → 1648
► SUBFUSC of dusky, dull, or sombre hue → a1763
► SUBFUSCOUS of dusky, dull, or sombre hue → 1760
► SUBFUSK of dusky, dull, or sombre hue → a1763
► THARKY dusky, dark → 1691 Eng. dial. obs.
► WAN dusky, dark-hued, gloomy, dark → c1230 chiefly poetic usage, obs.
VERBS
► OBFUSCATE to make dusky or dark; to deprive of light or brightness → 1650
► OBFUSK to make dusky or dark; to deprive of light or brightness → 1490 obs.
► OFFUSCATE to make dusky or dark; to deprive of light or brightness → 1656
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