Duskish

//ˈdʌskɪʃ// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Somewhat dusky.

    "duskish smoke"

Example

More examples

"For though Contraria iuxta ſe poſita magis illuceſcunt [opposites placed next to each other shine more brightly] (by an olde Rule) yet it hath beene ſubtilly, and indeede truely noted that our Sight, is not vvell contented, vvith thoſe ſudden departments, from one extreame to another; Therefore let them haue, rather a Duskiſh Tincture, then an abſolute blacke."

Etymology

From dusk + -ish.

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