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swart.

Of a dark hue; moderately black; swarthy; tawny.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈswɔːt/Received-Pronunciation/ˈswɔɹt/General-American
  1. Of a dark hue; moderately black; swarthy; tawny.

  2. Black.

    UK · dialectal
  3. Gloomy; malignant.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English swart, from Old English sweart, from Proto-West Germanic *swart, from Proto-Germanic *swartaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swerd-. Doublet of Schwarz.

noun/ˈswɔːt/Received-Pronunciation/ˈswɔɹt/General-American
  1. Black or dark dyestuff.

    UK · dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Middle English swart, from Old English sweart, from Proto-West Germanic *swart, from Proto-Germanic *swartaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swerd-. Doublet of Schwarz.

verb/ˈswɔːt/Received-Pronunciation/ˈswɔɹt/General-American
  1. To make swart or tawny; blacken; tan.

    transitive
    to swart a living part
Where this word comes from

From Middle English swarten, from Old English sweartian, from Proto-West Germanic *swartōn, from Proto-Germanic *swartōną. By surface analysis, swart + -en.

noun/ˈswɔːt/Received-Pronunciation/ˈswɔɹt/General-American
  1. Obsolete spelling of sward.

    alt-of · obsolete · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Variant of sward.

noun/ˈswɔːt/Received-Pronunciation/ˈswɔɹt/General-American
  1. Variant of swath.

    Ireland · alt-of · alternative · dialectal
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