单词 | blacksome |
释义 | blacksomeadj. Now archaic and rare. Black, dusky. ΘΚΠ 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). < adj.1597 |
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