Duskish
//ˈdʌskɪʃ// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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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