darkeningn.

Brit.

/ˈdɑːk(ə)nɪŋ/,

/ˈdɑːkn̩ɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈdɑrk(ə)nɪŋ/, Scottish English

/ˈdark(ə)nɪŋ/

Forms: see darken v. and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: darken v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < darken v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier darking n.

1. The process of becoming dark or darker (in various senses); the action of darkening something; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [noun] > making or becoming dark

darkeninga1450

obscuring1611

intenebration1656

obscurement1694

a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xviii. l. 326 (MED) There Cam On hem the wondrest dirkeneng, That hem thowghte here sighte was gon.

1577 T. Rogers tr. S. à Geveren Of Ende of World f. 18 Before his commyng, there shalbe a darkenyng of the Sunne and Moone, and..the qualities of the heauens shalbe troubled.

1674 W. Allen Danger of Enthusiasm 20 You confound things together which are distinct, to the darkning of them in your understandings.

1717 J. Hog Let. 3 Dec. in E. Fisher Marrow Mod. Divinity (1752) p. xvi A darkning of the glorious Gospel, and Perversion thereof, by anti-evangelical Errors and Heresies.

1870 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. (ed. 2) I. iii. iv. 310 The darkening of the skin caused by long exposure to sunshine.

1907 B. S. Saunier Tree-pilot ii. 26 A sudden darkening and closeness told him that a storm was brewing.

1977 Daily Tel. 5 Nov. 11/7 A striking deepening of feeling at the close of the first act is balanced by a similar darkening of mood at the end of the second.

2001 N. Jones Rough Guide Trav. Health ii. 272 The disease sometimes causes darkening of the extremities, face and abdomen.

2. Originally and chiefly Scottish. Frequently with the. Nightfall; dusk, twilight.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > evening > [noun] > twilight, dusk, or nightfall

nighteOE

evengloamOE

eveningOE

gloamingc1000

darknessa1382

twilighting1387

crepusculum1398

crepusculec1400

darkc1400

twilight1412

sky1515

twinlightc1532

day-going?1552

cockshut1592

shutting1598

blind man's holiday1599

candle-lighting1605

gropsing1606

nightfall1612

dusk1622

torchlighta1656

candlelight1663

crepuscle1665

shut1667

mock-shade1669

close1696

duskish1696

glooma1699

setting1699

dimmit1746

to-fall of the day or night1748

darklins1767

even-close1781

mirkning1790

gloaming-shot1793

darkening1814

bat-flying time1818

gloama1821

between-light1821

settle1822

dayfall1823

evenfall1825

onfall1825

owl-hoot1832

glooming1842

darkfall1884

smokefall1936

dusk-light1937

1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xv^*. 216 It is nigh the darkening, sir.

1865 J. W. Carlyle Lett. III. 296 The cock is shut up..from darkening till after our breakfast.

1894 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 242/2 The time to go fishing on the Eden is at darkening.

1913 J. Service Memorables Robin Cummell 65 The short October day had dookit doon to the darkening as we widdled in by the Clachan o' the 'Shaws.

2004 High Mountain Mar. 96/1 We could hear nothing but the cry of the golden plovers and the drum of the snipes' wings as we reached Carnmore in the darkening.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

darkeningadj.

Brit.

/ˈdɑːk(ə)nɪŋ/,

/ˈdɑːkn̩ɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈdɑrk(ə)nɪŋ/

Forms: 1500s–1600s darkning, 1700s– darkening.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: darken v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < darken v. + -ing suffix².

1. That becomes dark or darker (in various senses).

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [adjective] > making or becoming dark

glooming1535

darkeninga1560

murkinga1600

eclipsing1635

benighting1649

a1560 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Nyne Fyrst Bks. Eneidos (1562) ix. sig. Ff.i The wyld seas meeting mixe & darkning skyes vpleapes y^e sands.

1790 E. K. Mathews Arnold Zulig xvi. 140 The lights in a superb edifice were visible through the darkening gloom.

1848 G. W. M. Reynolds Pixy vii. 119 His wife observed his darkening mood: but she said nothing.

1859 Massachusetts Teacher May 169 Mrs. E. sat still a moment, with compressed lips, and darkening brow.

1904 E. Harrison Some Silent Teachers ii. 48 The white columns..stood out strong and distinct against the darkening blue of the lake beyond.

2015 M. Vanhoenacker Skyfaring 224 I looked out at the darkening sky over the lightscape of a city that is like no other.

2. That makes something dark or darker (in various senses); that darkens something.

ΚΠ

1586 A. Anderson Serm. Tower Ep. Ded. sig A2^v I rather consented at last, to abide a presente brunt..: then cowardly for feare of some Romish storme, to thrust so bright a candle vnder a darkening bushell.

1611 W. Vaughan Spirit of Detraction ii. vi. 72 Thy spirit limited to thy former home of darkning errors.

1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. ix. 213 A lonely cave..with dark'ning lawrels cover'd o'er.

1921 Jrnl. Forestry 19 864 It is a fallacy that some darkening substance is removed to the twigs by this means.

1984 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 26 Apr. 29 (caption) Despite the darkening influence of WWII memories, the story shines with its precise and humorous rendering of adolescent life.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	darkening
释义	darkeningn. Brit. /ˈdɑːk(ə)nɪŋ/, /ˈdɑːkn̩ɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈdɑrk(ə)nɪŋ/, Scottish English /ˈdark(ə)nɪŋ/ Forms: see darken v. and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: darken v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < darken v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier darking n. 1. The process of becoming dark or darker (in various senses); the action of darkening something; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [noun] > making or becoming dark darkeninga1450 obscuring1611 intenebration1656 obscurement1694 a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xviii. l. 326 (MED) There Cam On hem the wondrest dirkeneng, That hem thowghte here sighte was gon. 1577 T. Rogers tr. S. à Geveren Of Ende of World f. 18 Before his commyng, there shalbe a darkenyng of the Sunne and Moone, and..the qualities of the heauens shalbe troubled. 1674 W. Allen Danger of Enthusiasm 20 You confound things together which are distinct, to the darkning of them in your understandings. 1717 J. Hog Let. 3 Dec. in E. Fisher Marrow Mod. Divinity (1752) p. xvi A darkning of the glorious Gospel, and Perversion thereof, by anti-evangelical Errors and Heresies. 1870 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. (ed. 2) I. iii. iv. 310 The darkening of the skin caused by long exposure to sunshine. 1907 B. S. Saunier Tree-pilot ii. 26 A sudden darkening and closeness told him that a storm was brewing. 1977 Daily Tel. 5 Nov. 11/7 A striking deepening of feeling at the close of the first act is balanced by a similar darkening of mood at the end of the second. 2001 N. Jones Rough Guide Trav. Health ii. 272 The disease sometimes causes darkening of the extremities, face and abdomen. 2. Originally and chiefly Scottish. Frequently with the. Nightfall; dusk, twilight. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > evening > [noun] > twilight, dusk, or nightfall nighteOE evengloamOE eveningOE gloamingc1000 darknessa1382 twilighting1387 crepusculum1398 crepusculec1400 darkc1400 twilight1412 sky1515 twinlightc1532 day-going?1552 cockshut1592 shutting1598 blind man's holiday1599 candle-lighting1605 gropsing1606 nightfall1612 dusk1622 torchlighta1656 candlelight1663 crepuscle1665 shut1667 mock-shade1669 close1696 duskish1696 glooma1699 setting1699 dimmit1746 to-fall of the day or night1748 darklins1767 even-close1781 mirkning1790 gloaming-shot1793 darkening1814 bat-flying time1818 gloama1821 between-light1821 settle1822 dayfall1823 evenfall1825 onfall1825 owl-hoot1832 glooming1842 darkfall1884 smokefall1936 dusk-light1937 1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xv^. 216 It is nigh the darkening, sir. View more context for this quotation 1865 J. W. Carlyle Lett.* III. 296 The cock is shut up..from darkening till after our breakfast. 1894 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 242/2 The time to go fishing on the Eden is at darkening. 1913 J. Service Memorables Robin Cummell 65 The short October day had dookit doon to the darkening as we widdled in by the Clachan o' the 'Shaws. 2004 High Mountain Mar. 96/1 We could hear nothing but the cry of the golden plovers and the drum of the snipes' wings as we reached Carnmore in the darkening. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). darkeningadj. Brit. /ˈdɑːk(ə)nɪŋ/, /ˈdɑːkn̩ɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈdɑrk(ə)nɪŋ/ Forms: 1500s–1600s darkning, 1700s– darkening. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: darken v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < darken v. + -ing suffix². 1. That becomes dark or darker (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [adjective] > making or becoming dark glooming1535 darkeninga1560 murkinga1600 eclipsing1635 benighting1649 a1560 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Nyne Fyrst Bks. Eneidos (1562) ix. sig. Ff.i The wyld seas meeting mixe & darkning skyes vpleapes y^e sands. 1790 E. K. Mathews Arnold Zulig xvi. 140 The lights in a superb edifice were visible through the darkening gloom. 1848 G. W. M. Reynolds Pixy vii. 119 His wife observed his darkening mood: but she said nothing. 1859 Massachusetts Teacher May 169 Mrs. E. sat still a moment, with compressed lips, and darkening brow. 1904 E. Harrison Some Silent Teachers ii. 48 The white columns..stood out strong and distinct against the darkening blue of the lake beyond. 2015 M. Vanhoenacker Skyfaring 224 I looked out at the darkening sky over the lightscape of a city that is like no other. 2. That makes something dark or darker (in various senses); that darkens something. ΚΠ 1586 A. Anderson Serm. Tower Ep. Ded. sig A2^v I rather consented at last, to abide a presente brunt..: then cowardly for feare of some Romish storme, to thrust so bright a candle vnder a darkening bushell. 1611 W. Vaughan Spirit of Detraction ii. vi. 72 Thy spirit limited to thy former home of darkning errors. 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. ix. 213 A lonely cave..with dark'ning lawrels cover'd o'er. 1921 Jrnl. Forestry 19 864 It is a fallacy that some darkening substance is removed to the twigs by this means. 1984 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 26 Apr. 29 (caption) Despite the darkening influence of WWII memories, the story shines with its precise and humorous rendering of adolescent life. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1450adj.a1560
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