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darkish, a.|ˈdɑːkɪʃ|
[f. dark a. + -ish.]
Somewhat dark: a. through absence of light.
1557Sackville Mirr. Mag., Induct. ii, The dayes more darkishe are. 1659–60Pepys Diary (1879) I. 56 We drank pretty hard..till it began to be darkish. 1777Howard Prisons Eng. (1780) 178 The passages are narrow..and darkish. 1858Gen. P. Thompson Audi Alt. II. lxxvi. 29 A state of darkish twilight.
b. in shade or colour.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xix. xxiii. (1495) 877 Matere that is dymme and derkysshe and vnpure. 1538Leland Itin. IV. 124 The..Colour..is of a darkish deepe redde. 1775Adair Amer. Ind. 6 Their hair is lank, coarse, and darkish. 1881C. A. Young Sun 197 A scarlet ribbon, with a darkish band across it.
Hence ˈdarkishness, darkish quality or state.
1583Golding Calvin on Deut. xc. 556 God held them in darkishnes, giuing them but a small tast of his Grace. |