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单词 duskish
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duskishadj.

/ˈdʌskɪʃ/
Etymology: < dusk adj. + -ish suffix1.
1. Somewhat dusk or dusky; blackish; partly obscure.
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the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > [adjective] > dark-coloured
darkeOE
blackeOE
browna1000
swartOE
wanOE
murka1325
darkish?c1425
duska1450
dusketly1486
sad?1504
duskish1530
base1539
dusky1558
swarthy1577
darksome1598
smutty1648
subfusc?1705
infuscated1727
murky1759
subfuscous1762
sable1791
sombrous1799
obfuscous1822
sombre1829
wine-dark1855
murkish1869
the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > [adjective] > dark, dusky, or dim
browna1000
wana1000
dusk?c1225
blacka1393
duskish1530
dusky1580
blacksome1597
duskyish1794
offusc1849
adusk1856
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 310/2 Doskysshe of colour, soubz brun.
1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 47 As duskish cloudes do darken dayes.
1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) 61 Let them have rather a Duskish Tincture, then an absolute black.
1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxxi. 241 To return as soon as it was duskish.
1840 T. Hook in New Monthly Mag. 60 290 It was getting duskish.
1842 D. R. Hay Nomencl. Colours (1846) 36 Described as a duskish red.
2. Used as n. The time when it is near dusk.
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the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > sunlight or sunshine > twilight
evengloamOE
twilighting1387
crepusculum1398
crepusculec1400
twilightc1440
twinlightc1532
grisping1580
grey1592
owl-light1599
gropsing1606
twatter-light1606
twitterlight1608
dusk1622
grasp1650
torchlighta1656
crepuscle1665
mock-shade1669
dimps1693
duskish1696
dimmit1746
darklins1767
twilight glow1819
gloama1821
owlet light1821
sandhya1876
dusk-light1937
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
1696 S. Sewall Diary 25 Oct. (1973) I. 358 About duskish we know there is an house on fire.
1745 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 105/1 At duskish the Dreadnought was about 7 miles astern.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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