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单词 darklong
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darklongadv.

Forms: 1500s darkelong, 1600s darklong.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: darkling adv.
Etymology: Alteration of darkling adv., after -long suffix. With the formation, compare headlong adv.
Obsolete.
In the dark; in darkness. Cf. darkling adv.
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the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [adverb] > in the dark
darkling?c1450
darklong1561
darklins1600
overdark1847
1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer ii. sig. Y.iiiiv The two arrose and went to bed darkelong.
1577 R. Willes in R. Willes & R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Hist. Trauayle W. & E. Indies f. 258v In the nyght time, darkelong without all pompe & ceremonies, buryed in a dunghil.
1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes 2nd Pt. Don Quixote lv. 371 Sancho..went forward along the Caue, to see if hee could finde any egresse on the other side; sometimes he went darke-long and without light.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).
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