duskadj.n.

Brit.

/dʌsk/, U.S.

/dəsk/

Forms: Middle English deosc, deosk, dosc, Middle English–1500s dosk, Middle English–1500s duske, doske, 1500s– dusk.

Etymology: Origin and phonetic history obscure. Old English had in the same, or an allied sense, dox, which, if = *dosc, would representing an Old Germanic *dusko-z < Aryan *dhuskos, to which Kluge refers also Latin fuscus. The relation of modern dusk to Old English dox, *dosc, presents some difficulties, both as to the vowel, and, still more, in regard to the final consonant-group. Few English words in -sk are of Old English origin; Old English -sc normally gives -sh in later English, e.g. in ash, dish, fish, bush, rush; so that from Old English dosc we should expect dosh, or, at least, as in the case of ask and tusk, Middle English and modern forms in -sh, and -x, beside the -sk form.

A. adj. (Now largely supplanted by dusky.)

1. Dark from absence of light; dim, gloomy, shadowy; dark-coloured, blackish; dusky. (Now usually in reference to twilight: cf. B. 2.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > [adjective] > dark, dusky, or dim

browna1000

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offusc1849

adusk1856

the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > [adjective] > dark-coloured

darkeOE

blackeOE

browna1000

swartOE

wanOE

murka1325

darkish?c1425

duska1450

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sad?1504

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swarthy1577

darksome1598

smutty1648

subfusc?1705

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sombrous1799

obfuscous1822

sombre1829

wine-dark1855

murkish1869

a1000 Aldhelm Gloss (Anglia XIII. 28 No. 8 ) Furva, dohx.

a1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 239/35 Flava specie, of glæteriendum vel scylfrum hiwe vel doxum.]

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 75 Þet sichðe þet is nu dosch her.

a1240 Sawles Warde in Cott. Hom. 259 Aȝein þe brihtnesse ant te liht of his leor, þe sunne gleam is dosc.

a1450 Fysshynge wyth Angle (1883) 34 The body of doske wull.

1496 Treat. Fysshynge wyth Angle in Bk. St. Albans (rev. ed.) sig. hij Yelowe: grene: browne: tawney: russet, and duske colours.

a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vii. Prol. 63 The grond stud barrant, widderit, dosk or gray.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 741 Vapour, and Exhalation dusk and moist.

a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 71 As soon as it grew dusk.

1832 H. Martineau Ireland v. 79 Every evening, as it became dusk.

1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess ii. 24 As rich as moths from dusk cocoons.

figurative.1574 J. Baret Aluearie D 1227 Wisedome is made duske or dimme by drinking of wine: it is obscured and darkened.

†2. Obscure, veiled from sight or understanding.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > [adjective]

higheOE

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darkOE

starkOE

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hard?c1400

mistyc1400

unclearc1400

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abstractc1450

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exquisitec1460

obnubilous?a1475

obscure?a1475

covered1484

intricate?a1500

nice?a1500

perplexeda1500

difficilea1513

difficult1530

privy1532

smoky1533

secret1535

abstruse?1549

difficul1552

entangled1561

confounded1572

darksome1574

obnubilate1575

enigmatical1576

confuse1577

mysteriousa1586

Delphic1598

obfuscatea1600

enfumed1601

Delphicala1603

obstruse1604

abstracted1605

confused1611

questionable1611

inevident1614

recondite1619

cryptic1620

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transcendent1624

Delphian1625

oraculous1625

enigmatic1628

recluse1629

abdite1635

undilucidated1635

clouded1641

benighted1647

oblite1650

researched1653

obnubilated1658

obscurative1664

tenebrose1677

hyperbyssal1691

condite1695

diffusive1709

profound1710

tenebricose1730

oracular1749

opaque1761

unenlightening1768

darkling1795

offuscating1798

unrecognizable1817

tough1820

abstrusive1848

obscurant1878

out-of-focus1891

unplumbable1895

inenubilable1903

non-transparent1939

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 119 Þis word is dosc.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 38 My moother, the Godesse (who was accustomed algats Eare this tyme present to be dusk).

B. n.

1. The quality of being dusk; that which is dusk; duskiness, shade; gloom (as of a forest).

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > [noun]

thicknessc1000

dusknessa1382

umbraclec1500

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sadness1601

duskiness1611

gloominess1611

opacity1611

gloom1645

shadowinessa1672

dusk1700

brown1729

gloaming1832

bat-light1871

dreich1928

1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite iii, in Fables 52 Freckles..Whose Dusk set off the Whiteness of the Skin.

1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels I. 25 Frail Mortality will always have some Remains of Shadow and Dusk.

1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam ii. 2 And in the dusk of thee [Old Yew], the clock Beats out the little lives of men.

2. The darker stage of twilight before it is quite dark at night, or when the darkness begins to give way in the morning.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > sunlight or sunshine > twilight

evengloamOE

twilighting1387

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twitterlight1608

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torchlighta1656

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dimps1693

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dimmit1746

darklins1767

twilight glow1819

gloama1821

owlet light1821

sandhya1876

dusk-light1937

the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > evening > [noun] > twilight, dusk, or nightfall

nighteOE

evengloamOE

eveningOE

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crepusculec1400

darkc1400

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sky1515

twinlightc1532

day-going?1552

cockshut1592

shutting1598

blind man's holiday1599

candle-lighting1605

gropsing1606

nightfall1612

dusk1622

torchlighta1656

candlelight1663

crepuscle1665

shut1667

mock-shade1669

close1696

duskish1696

glooma1699

setting1699

dimmit1746

to-fall of the day or night1748

darklins1767

even-close1781

mirkning1790

gloaming-shot1793

darkening1814

bat-flying time1818

gloama1821

between-light1821

settle1822

dayfall1823

evenfall1825

onfall1825

owl-hoot1832

glooming1842

darkfall1884

smokefall1936

dusk-light1937

1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 313 In the duske of the evening.

1726 W. R. Chetwood Voy. & Adventures Capt. R. Boyle 218 I would not fail waiting on her the Sunday following, after Dusk.

1833 J. Rennie Alphabet Sci. Angling 21 Light colours in the dusk of morning or evening, and dark colours in..bright weather.

1893 Law Times 95 268/2 The gardens of Lincoln's Inn will..be thrown open..from three until dusk.

figurative.1755 E. Young Centaur v, in Wks. (1757) IV. 233 To grope out our weary way, through the dusk of life, to our final home.

Compounds

Generalattributive.

dusk-hour n.

ΚΠ

1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) 143 Dusk-hour, late evening twilight. ‘Ah shouldn' like to mate his oogly mug upo' dusk-hour in a daa'k leane.’

dusk-light n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > sunlight or sunshine > twilight

evengloamOE

twilighting1387

crepusculum1398

crepusculec1400

twilightc1440

twinlightc1532

grisping1580

grey1592

owl-light1599

gropsing1606

twatter-light1606

twitterlight1608

dusk1622

grasp1650

torchlighta1656

crepuscle1665

mock-shade1669

dimps1693

duskish1696

dimmit1746

darklins1767

twilight glow1819

gloama1821

owlet light1821

sandhya1876

dusk-light1937

the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > evening > [noun] > twilight, dusk, or nightfall

nighteOE

evengloamOE

eveningOE

gloamingc1000

darknessa1382

twilighting1387

crepusculum1398

crepusculec1400

darkc1400

twilight1412

sky1515

twinlightc1532

day-going?1552

cockshut1592

shutting1598

blind man's holiday1599

candle-lighting1605

gropsing1606

nightfall1612

dusk1622

torchlighta1656

candlelight1663

crepuscle1665

shut1667

mock-shade1669

close1696

duskish1696

glooma1699

setting1699

dimmit1746

to-fall of the day or night1748

darklins1767

even-close1781

mirkning1790

gloaming-shot1793

darkening1814

bat-flying time1818

gloama1821

between-light1821

settle1822

dayfall1823

evenfall1825

onfall1825

owl-hoot1832

glooming1842

darkfall1884

smokefall1936

dusk-light1937

1937 W. de la Mare Poems Perhaps 'twas the talk of chance farers..In the dusk-light clear?

1957 J. Kerouac On the Road iv. vi. 300 We saw all of Mexico City stretched out..spewing city smokes and early dusklights.

dusk-time n.

ΚΠ

1890 J. D. Robertson Gloss. Words County of Gloucester 42 Dusk time, evening.

Derivatives

ˈduskly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > [adverb] > darkly, duskily, or dimly

thesterly1340

duskishly1589

duskily1611

duskly1844

1844 E. B. Barrett Drama of Exile in Poems I. 48 Shapes, which have no certainty of shape, Drift duskly in and out between the pines.

1880 W. Watson Prince's Quest 58 An eagle with wide wings outspread Athwart the sunfire hovering duskly red.

ˈduskness n.

ΘΚΠ

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

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job xxiii. 17 Dusknesse couerede my face.

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. xxi. sig. fij^v Paynfull diseases & sickenesses..duskenesse of sight.

1864 J. M. Neale Seatonian Poems 68 Duskness and dreariness around.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

duskv.

Etymology: < dusk adj.; Old English had doxian, < dox. See Kluge Englische Studien 11 511.

a. intransitive. To become dusk or dim; to grow dark.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > of vision: become disordered [verb (intransitive)] > become dim or poor

mistOE

duskc1230

daswen1382

dazec1386

dazzle1481

failc1540

film1844

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > dimness or absence of brightness > grow dim or lose brightness [verb (intransitive)]

dima1300

fade13..

appal1393

duskc1430

pallc1450

cloud1555

pale1822

wane1832

film1844

dull1862

gauze1876

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > become dark [verb (intransitive)] > at nightfall

nighta1393

nighten1561

gloom1595

advesperate1623

gloam1819

dusken1870

dusk1876

the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > evening > become evening [verb (intransitive)] > fall (of night) or grow dark

fallOE

nightc1440

to fall ona1450

nighten1561

gloom1595

gloam1819

dusken1870

dusk1876

to shut down1880

a1000 Vercelli MS. lf. 2 b Þonne wannað he [dead body] and doxaþ; oðre hwile he bið blæc and schiwe.]

c1230 Hali Meid. 35 Þine ehnen schulen doskin.

c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1942 Dusked hise eyen two and fayled breeth.

c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1544) i. iv. 6 b By process of yeres Their memory hath dusked.

1876 W. Morris Story of Sigurd iii. 217 The even dusketh o'er that sword-renowned close.

1888 G. Gissing Life's Morning (1890) xi. 169 When it began to dusk, Hood descended and supper was prepared.

b. To exhibit a dusky appearance.

ΚΠ

1842 Ld. Tennyson Lady of Shalott (rev. ed.) i, in Poems (new ed.) I. 77 Little breezes dusk and shiver.

1889 Mrs. Randolph New Eve I. Prol. 2 A copse of aspens dusked and shivered near the brink.

a. transitive. To make dusky or somewhat dark in colour; to darken, obscure; to dim.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > make dark or gloomy [verb (transitive)] > make dark, dim, or obscure

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murkc1425

obscure?a1475

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c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) i. pr. i. 2 The whiche clothes a dirknesse of a forletyn and a despised Elde hadde dusked and derked.

1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Qiv^v They goe about to duske mens eies with smoke.

1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande vi. f. 21^v/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I You must not think, that..you may so easily duske or dazell our eyes.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 9 That shadow which dusketh the light of the Moone.

1870 J. R. Lowell Cathedral 25 The painted windows..Dusking the sunshine which they seem to cheer.

b. figurative. To obscure, darken, cloud, sully.

ΚΠ

c1394 P. Pl. Crede 563 Þe..poyntes of scheldes Wiþdrawen his deuocion & dusken his herte.

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. C.vij^v The onely vnderstandyng, which is dusked in errours.

1680 Counterplots 33 [It] would..dusk the lustre of his Name.

1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton King Arthur xii. lv One appalling silence dusk'd the place As with A demon's wing.

Derivatives

ˈdusked adj.

ΚΠ

c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1840) 204 Hire cote armure is duskyd reed.

ˈdusking n. and adj.

ΚΠ

1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 72 b Duskynge of the eyes, head aches, hotte and thyn reumes.

1566 T. Drant in tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Diij The worlde is blearde with duskyng shoes [= shows].

1820 J. Keats Hyperion: a Fragm. ii, in Lamia & Other Poems 188 Who travels from the dusking East.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	dusk
释义	duskadj.n. Brit. /dʌsk/, U.S. /dəsk/ Forms: Middle English deosc, deosk, dosc, Middle English–1500s dosk, Middle English–1500s duske, doske, 1500s– dusk. Etymology: Origin and phonetic history obscure. Old English had in the same, or an allied sense, dox, which, if = dosc, would representing an Old Germanic dusko-z < Aryan dhuskos, to which Kluge refers also Latin fuscus. The relation of modern dusk* to Old English dox, dosc, presents some difficulties, both as to the vowel, and, still more, in regard to the final consonant-group. Few English words in -sk* are of Old English origin; Old English -sc normally gives -sh in later English, e.g. in ash, dish, fish, bush, rush; so that from Old English dosc we should expect dosh, or, at least, as in the case of ask and tusk, Middle English and modern forms in -sh, and -x, beside the -sk form. A. adj. (Now largely supplanted by dusky.) 1. Dark from absence of light; dim, gloomy, shadowy; dark-coloured, blackish; dusky. (Now usually in reference to twilight: cf. B. 2.) 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 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 a1000 Aldhelm Gloss (Anglia XIII. 28 No. 8 ) Furva, dohx. a1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 239/35 Flava specie, of glæteriendum vel scylfrum hiwe vel doxum.] ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 75 Þet sichðe þet is nu dosch her. a1240 Sawles Warde in Cott. Hom. 259 Aȝein þe brihtnesse ant te liht of his leor, þe sunne gleam is dosc. a1450 Fysshynge wyth Angle (1883) 34 The body of doske wull. 1496 Treat. Fysshynge wyth Angle in Bk. St. Albans (rev. ed.) sig. hij Yelowe: grene: browne: tawney: russet, and duske colours. a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vii. Prol. 63 The grond stud barrant, widderit, dosk or gray. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 741 Vapour, and Exhalation dusk and moist. View more context for this quotation a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 71 As soon as it grew dusk. 1832 H. Martineau Ireland v. 79 Every evening, as it became dusk. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess ii. 24 As rich as moths from dusk cocoons. figurative.1574 J. Baret Aluearie D 1227 Wisedome is made duske or dimme by drinking of wine: it is obscured and darkened. †2. Obscure, veiled from sight or understanding. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > [adjective] higheOE dighela1000 deepc1000 darkOE starkOE dusk?c1225 subtle1340 dimc1350 subtilea1393 covert1393 mystica1398 murka1400 cloudyc1400 hard?c1400 mistyc1400 unclearc1400 diffuse1430 abstractc1450 diffused?1456 exquisitec1460 obnubilous?a1475 obscure?a1475 covered1484 intricate?a1500 nice?a1500 perplexeda1500 difficilea1513 difficult1530 privy1532 smoky1533 secret1535 abstruse?1549 difficul1552 entangled1561 confounded1572 darksome1574 obnubilate1575 enigmatical1576 confuse1577 mysteriousa1586 Delphic1598 obfuscatea1600 enfumed1601 Delphicala1603 obstruse1604 abstracted1605 confused1611 questionable1611 inevident1614 recondite1619 cryptic1620 obfuscated1620 transcendent1624 Delphian1625 oraculous1625 enigmatic1628 recluse1629 abdite1635 undilucidated1635 clouded1641 benighted1647 oblite1650 researched1653 obnubilated1658 obscurative1664 tenebrose1677 hyperbyssal1691 condite1695 diffusive1709 profound1710 tenebricose1730 oracular1749 opaque1761 unenlightening1768 darkling1795 offuscating1798 unrecognizable1817 tough1820 abstrusive1848 obscurant1878 out-of-focus1891 unplumbable1895 inenubilable1903 non-transparent1939 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 119 Þis word is dosc. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 38 My moother, the Godesse (who was accustomed algats Eare this tyme present to be dusk). B. n. 1. The quality of being dusk; that which is dusk; duskiness, shade; gloom (as of a forest). ΘΚΠ 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 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite iii, in Fables 52 Freckles..Whose Dusk set off the Whiteness of the Skin. 1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels I. 25 Frail Mortality will always have some Remains of Shadow and Dusk. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam ii. 2 And in the dusk of thee [Old Yew], the clock Beats out the little lives of men. View more context for this quotation 2. The darker stage of twilight before it is quite dark at night, or when the darkness begins to give way in the morning. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > sunlight or sunshine > twilight evengloamOE twilighting1387 crepusculum1398 crepusculec1400 twilightc1440 twinlightc1532 grisping1580 grey1592 owl-light1599 gropsing1606 twatter-light1606 twitterlight1608 dusk1622 grasp1650 torchlighta1656 crepuscle1665 mock-shade1669 dimps1693 duskish1696 dimmit1746 darklins1767 twilight glow1819 gloama1821 owlet light1821 sandhya1876 dusk-light1937 the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > evening > [noun] > twilight, dusk, or nightfall nighteOE evengloamOE eveningOE gloamingc1000 darknessa1382 twilighting1387 crepusculum1398 crepusculec1400 darkc1400 twilight1412 sky1515 twinlightc1532 day-going?1552 cockshut1592 shutting1598 blind man's holiday1599 candle-lighting1605 gropsing1606 nightfall1612 dusk1622 torchlighta1656 candlelight1663 crepuscle1665 shut1667 mock-shade1669 close1696 duskish1696 glooma1699 setting1699 dimmit1746 to-fall of the day or night1748 darklins1767 even-close1781 mirkning1790 gloaming-shot1793 darkening1814 bat-flying time1818 gloama1821 between-light1821 settle1822 dayfall1823 evenfall1825 onfall1825 owl-hoot1832 glooming1842 darkfall1884 smokefall1936 dusk-light1937 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 313 In the duske of the evening. 1726 W. R. Chetwood Voy. & Adventures Capt. R. Boyle 218 I would not fail waiting on her the Sunday following, after Dusk. 1833 J. Rennie Alphabet Sci. Angling 21 Light colours in the dusk of morning or evening, and dark colours in..bright weather. 1893 Law Times 95 268/2 The gardens of Lincoln's Inn will..be thrown open..from three until dusk. figurative.1755 E. Young Centaur v, in Wks. (1757) IV. 233 To grope out our weary way, through the dusk of life, to our final home. Compounds Generalattributive. dusk-hour n. ΚΠ 1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) 143 Dusk-hour, late evening twilight. ‘Ah shouldn' like to mate his oogly mug upo' dusk-hour in a daa'k leane.’ dusk-light n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > sunlight or sunshine > twilight evengloamOE twilighting1387 crepusculum1398 crepusculec1400 twilightc1440 twinlightc1532 grisping1580 grey1592 owl-light1599 gropsing1606 twatter-light1606 twitterlight1608 dusk1622 grasp1650 torchlighta1656 crepuscle1665 mock-shade1669 dimps1693 duskish1696 dimmit1746 darklins1767 twilight glow1819 gloama1821 owlet light1821 sandhya1876 dusk-light1937 the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > evening > [noun] > twilight, dusk, or nightfall nighteOE evengloamOE eveningOE gloamingc1000 darknessa1382 twilighting1387 crepusculum1398 crepusculec1400 darkc1400 twilight1412 sky1515 twinlightc1532 day-going?1552 cockshut1592 shutting1598 blind man's holiday1599 candle-lighting1605 gropsing1606 nightfall1612 dusk1622 torchlighta1656 candlelight1663 crepuscle1665 shut1667 mock-shade1669 close1696 duskish1696 glooma1699 setting1699 dimmit1746 to-fall of the day or night1748 darklins1767 even-close1781 mirkning1790 gloaming-shot1793 darkening1814 bat-flying time1818 gloama1821 between-light1821 settle1822 dayfall1823 evenfall1825 onfall1825 owl-hoot1832 glooming1842 darkfall1884 smokefall1936 dusk-light1937 1937 W. de la Mare Poems Perhaps 'twas the talk of chance farers..In the dusk-light clear? 1957 J. Kerouac On the Road iv. vi. 300 We saw all of Mexico City stretched out..spewing city smokes and early dusklights. dusk-time n. ΚΠ 1890 J. D. Robertson Gloss. Words County of Gloucester 42 Dusk time, evening. Derivatives ˈduskly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > [adverb] > darkly, duskily, or dimly thesterly1340 duskishly1589 duskily1611 duskly1844 1844 E. B. Barrett Drama of Exile in Poems I. 48 Shapes, which have no certainty of shape, Drift duskly in and out between the pines. 1880 W. Watson Prince's Quest 58 An eagle with wide wings outspread Athwart the sunfire hovering duskly red. ˈduskness n. ΘΚΠ 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 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job xxiii. 17 Dusknesse couerede my face. 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. xxi. sig. fij^v Paynfull diseases & sickenesses..duskenesse of sight. 1864 J. M. Neale Seatonian Poems 68 Duskness and dreariness around. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). duskv. Etymology: < dusk adj.; Old English had doxian, < dox. See Kluge Englische Studien 11 511. 1. a. intransitive. To become dusk or dim; to grow dark. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > of vision: become disordered [verb (intransitive)] > become dim or poor mistOE duskc1230 daswen1382 dazec1386 dazzle1481 failc1540 film1844 the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > dimness or absence of brightness > grow dim or lose brightness [verb (intransitive)] dima1300 fade13.. appal1393 duskc1430 pallc1450 cloud1555 pale1822 wane1832 film1844 dull1862 gauze1876 the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > become dark [verb (intransitive)] > at nightfall nighta1393 nighten1561 gloom1595 advesperate1623 gloam1819 dusken1870 dusk1876 the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > evening > become evening [verb (intransitive)] > fall (of night) or grow dark fallOE nightc1440 to fall ona1450 nighten1561 gloom1595 gloam1819 dusken1870 dusk1876 to shut down1880 a1000 Vercelli MS. lf. 2 b Þonne wannað he [dead body] and doxaþ; oðre hwile he bið blæc and schiwe.] c1230 Hali Meid. 35 Þine ehnen schulen doskin. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1942 Dusked hise eyen two and fayled breeth. c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1544) i. iv. 6 b By process of yeres Their memory hath dusked. 1876 W. Morris Story of Sigurd iii. 217 The even dusketh o'er that sword-renowned close. 1888 G. Gissing Life's Morning (1890) xi. 169 When it began to dusk, Hood descended and supper was prepared. b. To exhibit a dusky appearance. ΚΠ 1842 Ld. Tennyson Lady of Shalott (rev. ed.) i, in Poems (new ed.) I. 77 Little breezes dusk and shiver. 1889 Mrs. Randolph New Eve I. Prol. 2 A copse of aspens dusked and shivered near the brink. 2. a. transitive. To make dusky or somewhat dark in colour; to darken, obscure; to dim. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > darkness or gloom > make dark or gloomy [verb (transitive)] > make dark, dim, or obscure duskc1374 to-darkena1382 murkc1425 obscure?a1475 obfusk1490 dusken1550 dusky1567 overdark1568 obtenebrate1578 beveil1582 obfuscate1588 offusque1599 shade1599 slubber1605 dammer1610 offuscate1611 obtenebrize1654 obflisticate1832 subdue1856 darkle1893 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) i. pr. i. 2 The whiche clothes a dirknesse of a forletyn and a despised Elde hadde dusked and derked. 1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Qiv^v They goe about to duske mens eies with smoke. 1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande vi. f. 21^v/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I You must not think, that..you may so easily duske or dazell our eyes. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 9 That shadow which dusketh the light of the Moone. 1870 J. R. Lowell Cathedral 25 The painted windows..Dusking the sunshine which they seem to cheer. b. figurative. To obscure, darken, cloud, sully. ΚΠ c1394 P. Pl. Crede 563 Þe..poyntes of scheldes Wiþdrawen his deuocion & dusken his herte. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. C.vij^v The onely vnderstandyng, which is dusked in errours. 1680 Counterplots 33 [It] would..dusk the lustre of his Name. 1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton King Arthur xii. lv One appalling silence dusk'd the place As with A demon's wing. Derivatives ˈdusked adj. ΚΠ c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1840) 204 Hire cote armure is duskyd reed. ˈdusking n. and adj. ΚΠ 1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 72 b Duskynge of the eyes, head aches, hotte and thyn reumes. 1566 T. Drant in tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Diij The worlde is blearde with duskyng shoes [= shows]. 1820 J. Keats Hyperion: a Fragm. ii, in Lamia & Other Poems 188 Who travels from the dusking East. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < adj.n.?c1225v.c1230
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