darkenedadj.
/ˈdɑːk(ə)nd/, U.S. /ˈdɑrkənd/ 1. Made dark (in various senses).
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > intellectual ignorance > [adjective]
thestera900
thestria900
blindc1000
darkc1350
lightless?1406
obscurea1500
mistya1522
blinded1535
unilluminated1579
unlightened1587
stone-blind1596
endarkened1612
dark1628
benighted1637
unenlightened1650
bedarkened1655
unirradiated1792
darkened1856
society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > [adjective] > not
darkc1350
mistya1522
natural1526
endarkened1612
benighted1637
uninspired1700
unirradiated1792
darkened1856
?1545 J. Bale 2nd Pt. Image Both Churches ii. sig. Fv They dyspute their matters with errours & lyes, with counsels and customes, hauynge vpon their syde the darkened powers.
1650 J. Owen Of Death of Christ Ep. Ded. sig. ***2v The many foolish Delusions, which through the Craft of Satan, and the Vanity of mens darkned minds, have got entrance into the World.
1770 R. Glover Leonidas (ed. 5) I. v. 187 Revenge frowns gloomy on her darken'd brow.
1856 P. E. Dove Logic Christian Faith v. i. §2. 268 Darkened and deluded as I am.
1869 M. Oliphant in Appletons' Jrnl. 3 July 419/2 The brothers met to consult over their darkened prospects.
1979 A. Hecht Venetian Vespers (1980) ii. 58 Happiness..is composed Of clouded, cataracted, darkened sight, Merciful blindnesses and ignorance.
2016 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant (Nexis) 17 June b3 Art that can inspire change by its beauty, compassion that lights a darkened soul.
2. spec. Made visually dark or darker, by lack of illumination or by a deepening of colour or shade. Frequently with prefixed word indicating the means of darkening, as in smoke-darkened, storm-darkened, etc.See also rain-darkened adj., sun-darkened adj.
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the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [adjective] > darkened
darked?c1425
forderked1513
darkened1565
nighted1604
bedarkened1655
endarkened1744
1565 B. Googe tr. ‘M. Palingenius’ Zodiake of Life (new ed.) vii. sig. Y.j The earth they count a darkned starre.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage i. ii. 6 An Earth without forme, and void, a darkened depth and waters.
1755 Philos. Trans. 1754 (Royal Soc.) 48 521 A solar horizon, dividing the enlightened from the darkened hemisphere of the globe.
1891 ‘M. Brooke’ Story Eleanor Lambert ii. 31 Leaning against the smoke-darkened chimney-piece, stood a tall girl.
1969 D. F. Costello Prairie World (1975) iv. 78 Leaf blotch is caused by a foliage disease which produces darkened patches on the leaves.
1969 G. Baxt ‘I!’ said the Demon (1987) xiv. 168 She..reached the storm-darkened first-floor hallway.
2003 Jack May 156/1 After a show all you want to do is have a couple of beers and then just lie down in a darkened room.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).
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