infuscateadj.
/ɪnˈfʌskət/ Clouded or darkened.
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the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > relating to tone > darkened
infuscate1826
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. 292 Infuscate, when a colour is darkened by the superinduction of a brownish shade or cloud.
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† infuscatev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To make dark-coloured or dusky; to darken.
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the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [verb (transitive)] > darken
darka1398
darken1550
sad1573
infuscate1650
swarthy1663
swarth1846
nebulate1874
1650 tr. N. Caussin Angel of Peace 90 The eternall City..was infuscated with the sooty vapours of a brutish Warre.
Derivatives
inˈfuscated adj.
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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
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Infuscated, made obscure, dark, black, etc.
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adj.1826
v.1650