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duskiness|ˈdʌskɪnɪs| [f. as prec. + -ness.] The quality of being dusky; partial darkness or blackness; dimness, gloom.
1611Cotgr., Obscurité, obscuritie, darknesse..duskinesse. 1659Hammond On Ps. xci. 5 Duskyness or twilight. 1775Boswell Let. to Johnson 18 Feb. in Life, One of them [manuscripts]..does appear to have the duskyness of antiquity. a1851Moir Poems, Matin Carol ii. 1861L. L. Noble Icebergs 141 A gloomy duskiness drapes the cape. |