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dusky(dictionary)
dusky(dictionary)

dusky (iou)



dusky adjective. M16.
[from DUSK adjective & noun + -Y1.]
Somewhat black or dark in colour; darkish. M16.
dusky cranesbill a European cranesbill, Geranium phaeum, with usu. dark purple flowers. dusky perch: see PERCH noun1. dusky titi a mainly grey-brown cebid monkey, Callicebus moloch, occurring in the forests of tropical America.
R. T. Peterson The immature Blue-faced Booby is dusky-brown with a white belly.
b. euphem. Of a person: black. Esp. Austral., Aboriginal. E19.
Shady or shadowy; deficient in light; dim, obscure. L16.
Shakespeare 1 Henry VI Here dies the dusky torch of Mortimer, Chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort. H. James Dusky with the shade of magnificent elms.
fig. Gloomy, melancholy. Now rare or obsolete. E17.
W. Falconer Here no dusky frown prevails.
duskily adverb E17.
duskiness noun E17.