adj, adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Resembling conditions at dusk or twilight, low-lit, dark; in darkness, gloomy. rare

   "You wish to die and leave the world adusk For others, with your naughty light blown out?"

Adverb

1. 1
   At dusk; in the dusk or twilight. not-comparable, rare

Example

More examples

"You wish to die and leave the world adusk For others, with your naughty light blown out?"

Etymology

From a- (“on, at”) + dusk.

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