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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024dusk1 /dʌsk/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- the state or period of partial darkness between day and night;
twilight:We met at dusk and traveled through the night.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dusk1 (dusk),USA pronunciation n. - the state or period of partial darkness between day and night;
the dark part of twilight. - partial darkness;
shade;
gloom:She was barely visible in the dusk of the room.
- back formation from dusky 1615–25
- tending to darkness;
dark.
v.t., v.i. - to make or become dusk;
darken.
- bef. 1000; Middle English duske (adjective, adjectival), dusken (verb, verbal); metathetic alteration of Old English dox dusky, doxian to turn dark; cognate with Latin. fuscus dark
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: dusk /dʌsk/ n - twilight or the darker part of twilight
- poetic gloom; shade
adj - poetic shady; gloomy
vb - poetic to make or become dark
Etymology: Old English dox; related to Old Saxon dosan brown, Old High German tusin yellow, Norwegian dusmen misty, Latin fuscus dark brown |