Infuscate
adj, verb
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Definitions
Verb
- 1 To darken; to make black or obscure. obsolete, transitive
- 2 darken with a brownish tinge, as of insect wings wordnet
Adjective
- 1 Clouded with dark shades of brown or black.
Etymology
The verb is first attested in 1650, the adjective in 1826; borrowed from Latin īnfuscātus, perfect passive participle of īnfuscō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from in- (“in”) + fuscō (“to make dark”), from fuscus (“dark”).
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