duskinessn.
/ˈdʌskɪnɪs/ The quality of being dusky; partial darkness or blackness; dimness, gloom.
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the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > [noun]
thicknessc1000
dusknessa1382
umbraclec1500
duskishness1541
sadness1601
duskiness1611
gloominess1611
opacity1611
gloom1645
shadowinessa1672
dusk1700
brown1729
gloaming1832
bat-light1871
dreich1928
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Obscurité, obscuritie, darknesse..duskinesse.
1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (xci. 5 Annot.) 463/1 Duskyness or twilight.
1775 J. Boswell Let. 18 Feb. in Life Johnson (1791) I. 456 One of them [sc. manuscripts]..does appear to have the duskyness of antiquity.
a1851 D. M. Moir Matin Carol ii, in Poet. Wks. (1852)
1861 L. L. Noble After Icebergs 141 A gloomy duskiness drapes the cape.
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