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dusk.

Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/dʌsk/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/dʊsk/Northern-England

  1. Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English dosk, dusk(e) (“dusky”, adj.), from Old English dox (“dark, swarthy”), from Proto-Germanic *duskaz (“dark, smoky”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwes-, related to *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, mist, haze”). Cognate to Latin fuscus (“dark, dusky”), Sanskrit धूसर (dhūsara, “dust-colored”), Old Irish donn (“dark”). Related to dye, dust and dun (see these for more). Doublet of fuscous.

noun/dʌsk/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/dʊsk/Northern-England

  1. The time after the sun has set but when the sky is still lit by sunlight; the evening twilight period.

    countable · uncountable
    Witnessing the dusk gives a feeling of solace.
    We caught a beautiful view of the dusk.

  2. A darkish colour.

    countable · uncountable

  3. The condition of being dusky; duskiness

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English dosk, dusk(e) (“dusky”, adj.), from Old English dox (“dark, swarthy”), from Proto-Germanic *duskaz (“dark, smoky”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwes-, related to *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, mist, haze”). Cognate to Latin fuscus (“dark, dusky”), Sanskrit धूसर (dhūsara, “dust-colored”), Old Irish donn (“dark”). Related to dye, dust and dun (see these for more). Doublet of fuscous.

verb/dʌsk/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/dʊsk/Northern-England

  1. To begin to lose light or whiteness; to grow dusk.

    intransitive

  2. To make dusk.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English dusken, from Old English doxian.

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