fuskadj.

Forms: Also fusc.

Etymology: < Latin fuscus in same sense.

rare.

Dark brown, dusky, fuscous.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [adjective] > dark brown

burnetc1200

fusk1599

fusky1610

chocolate-coloured1736

brunneous1815

chocolate1819

ustulate1826

scorched1832

fuscescent1881

forest-brown1892

burnt-coloured1896

Jacobean1918

mocha1977

1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 56/1 Till such time as the fuscke coloured oyle come therout.

1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Pharmaceut. Shop ii, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Uuuu2 Verdigrease makes it sometimes citreous..sometimes fusk.

1829 C. Lamb Let. 27 Feb. (1935) III. 210 Your strange-shaped present, while yet undisclosed from its fusc envelope.

Derivatives

† ˈfuskish adj. Obsolete somewhat dark or dusky.

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the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > relating to tone > dark

wana1000

swartOE

darkOE

under-dark1382

sad1415

swartish1483

sable?a1513

dark-coloured?1523

swarth?1527

fuskish1563

swarty1572

saturnine1581

sable-suiteda1592

sable visaged1608

gloomy1632

sable-vested1667

fuscous1671

umbratile1678

sable-hooded1770

gangrenous1794

burnt1897

bead-dark1937

1563 T. Hill Arte Gardening (1593) 13 The seeds be then ripe to be gathered, when the grapes bee full ripe, which ripenesse of them by their fuskish and browne colour..may be knowen.

1584 J. Dee Jrnl. in True & Faithful Relation Spirits (1659) i. 75 That about the center is of fuskish or leadish colour.

† ˈfusky adj. Obsolete = fusk adj.

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