swarthy

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Alteration of obsolete swarty, from swart + -y, from Old English sweart (“black”).

This associate is of swarthy complexion. — The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition: Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes, Edgar Allan Poe
He was tall, gaunt, angular, swarthy, active, and athletic. — Western Characters; or, Types of Border Life in the Western States, John Ludlum McConnel
Billy looked at Bonaparte, big, swarthy, sinewy and savage. — The Bishop of Cottontown: A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills, John Trotwood Moore

dark-skinned, dusky, swart

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