darkingn.

Brit.

/ˈdɑːkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈdɑrkɪŋ/

Forms: Old English deorcung, Middle English derking, Middle English derkyng, Middle English dirkyng, 1600s– darking.

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

Etymology: In sense 1 either < dark adj. + -ing suffix¹, or < dark v. + -ing suffix¹. In sense 2 < dark v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare therking n.

†1. The period between daylight and darkness, either at sunrise or sunset; twilight. Obsolete.

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OE Aldhelm Glosses (Brussels 1650) in L. Goossens Old Eng. Glosses of MS Brussels, Royal Libr. 1650 (1974) 159 [Roscido facessante] crepusculo : deorcunge uel æfnnunge.

a1450 Body & Soul (Digby 102) (1889) 2 (MED) As i lay in a wynternyȝt In a derkyng bifore þe day.

2. The action of dark v. (in various senses); darkening; obscuring. Now rare.

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c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 463 If man had not falle into derking of resoun bi fal fro ynnocencie.

c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 117 (MED) Þou maist seie..with leest derking of goddis lawe, þat þese vij ȝiftis..weren in crist.

1646 R. Garner Myst. Unvailed 123 It is a perverting and darking of this Scripture, to conclude from hence, that Jesus Christ died or suffered for the sins of all persons, or every person from first to last.

1839 W. Griffin & D. Griffin Med. & Physiol. Probl. (1845) 125 Its continuance [sc. a crowing noise in breathing]..did not excite any uneasiness in the minds of the parents, until the suspended respiration and darking of the face supervened.

1939 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 21 Mar. 524/1 Chemical preparations for the darking of eyebrows, eyebrow pencils, nail polish, [etc.].

1955 M. Komroff Story of Jesus iv. 141 The sudden darking of the sky and the trembling that had taken hold of the earth.

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

单词	darking
释义	darkingn. Brit. /ˈdɑːkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈdɑrkɪŋ/ Forms: Old English deorcung, Middle English derking, Middle English derkyng, Middle English dirkyng, 1600s– darking. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dark adj., dark v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: In sense 1 either < dark adj. + -ing suffix¹, or < dark v. + -ing suffix¹. In sense 2 < dark v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare therking n. †1. The period between daylight and darkness, either at sunrise or sunset; twilight. Obsolete. ΚΠ OE Aldhelm Glosses (Brussels 1650) in L. Goossens Old Eng. Glosses of MS Brussels, Royal Libr. 1650 (1974) 159 [Roscido facessante] crepusculo : deorcunge uel æfnnunge. a1450 Body & Soul (Digby 102) (1889) 2 (MED) As i lay in a wynternyȝt In a derkyng bifore þe day. 2. The action of dark v. (in various senses); darkening; obscuring. Now rare. ΚΠ c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 463 If man had not falle into derking of resoun bi fal fro ynnocencie. c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 117 (MED) Þou maist seie..with leest derking of goddis lawe, þat þese vij ȝiftis..weren in crist. 1646 R. Garner Myst. Unvailed 123 It is a perverting and darking of this Scripture, to conclude from hence, that Jesus Christ died or suffered for the sins of all persons, or every person from first to last. 1839 W. Griffin & D. Griffin Med. & Physiol. Probl. (1845) 125 Its continuance [sc. a crowing noise in breathing]..did not excite any uneasiness in the minds of the parents, until the suspended respiration and darking of the face supervened. 1939 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 21 Mar. 524/1 Chemical preparations for the darking of eyebrows, eyebrow pencils, nail polish, [etc.]. 1955 M. Komroff Story of Jesus iv. 141 The sudden darking of the sky and the trembling that had taken hold of the earth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.OE
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