duskishnessn.
The quality of being duskish or slightly dark; slight obscurity or dimness.
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the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > [noun]
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dusknessa1382
umbraclec1500
duskishness1541
sadness1601
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gloominess1611
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brown1729
gloaming1832
bat-light1871
dreich1928
1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 52 a Fumositie ascendynge up into the head..causeth..duskyshness of the sight.
1604 S. Hieron Preachers Plea in Wks. (1620) I. 497 Men in the duskishness of ignorance.
1770 J. Winthrop in Philos. Trans. 1769 (Royal Soc.) 59 356 There seemed to be a duskishness in the place of contact.
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