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Dusky

//ˈdʌs.ki// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Dimly lit, as at dusk (evening).

    "I like it when it is dusky, just before the street lights come on."

  2. 2
    Having a shade of color that is rather dark.

    "The dusky rose was of a muted color, not clashing with any of the other colors."

  3. 3
    Dark-skinned. dated, literary

    "You have your lovers - dusky beaus / Not made of the poetic stuff / That sports an Apollonian nose, / And wears a sleek Byronic cuff."

  4. 4
    Ashen; having a greyish skin coloration.

    "The patient was in shock and had a dusky skin tone."

Adjective
  1. 1
    naturally having skin of a dark color wordnet
  2. 2
    lighted by or as if by twilight wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A dusky shark.
  2. 2
    A dusky dolphin.
  3. 3
    A dusky grouse.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From dusk + -y.

Etymology 2

From dusk + -y.

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