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单词 blacksome
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blacksomeadj.

Brit. /ˈblaks(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈblæksəm/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: black adj., -some suffix1.
Etymology: < black adj. + -some suffix1.
Now archaic and rare.
Black, dusky.
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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
1597 R. Tofte Laura i. iii. sig. A6v Like to the blacksome night I may compare My Mistres gowne.
1598 R. Tofte Alba ii. sig. D3v A blacksome Clowde hath darkt my beautious Aire.
a1729 E. Taylor Poems (1960) 352 And shall Christs bride with brightest grace be graced With blacksome shew have her bright path defacd?
1853 M. Maynard in Lancaster Gaz. 5 Mar. 6/1 The sun, red-burning, hath not set Behind the blacksome wood, and yet The little children must to bed.
1898 W. D. Norie Loyal Lochaber iii. xx. 229 Her life was blacksome and desolate, for love was not with her for the king.
1908 M. F. Childs Namin' ob Twins 80 De idee o' dat blacksome wretch a-mekin' talk lak dis!
2007 N. Griffiths Runt 26 And a scary thing happened cos it was like a blacksome mist come up drifting through the floor.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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