dusky

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective lighted by or as if by twilight; -Henry Fielding
  2. adjective naturally having skin of a dark color

Etymology

From dusk + -y.

In classic literature

Synonyms

twilight, twilit

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