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Infuscate

adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Clouded with dark shades of brown or black.
Verb
  1. 1
    To darken; to make black or obscure. obsolete, transitive
  2. 2
    darken with a brownish tinge, as of insect wings wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

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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