fuscousadj.

Brit.

/ˈfʌskəs/, U.S.

/ˈfəskəs/

Etymology: < Latin fuscus dark, dusky + -ous suffix.

1. Of a dark or sombre hue; dusky, swarthy. (Chiefly Natural History.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > relating to tone > dark

wana1000

swartOE

darkOE

under-dark1382

sad1415

swartish1483

sable?a1513

dark-coloured?1523

swarth?1527

fuskish1563

swarty1572

saturnine1581

sable-suiteda1592

sable visaged1608

gloomy1632

sable-vested1667

fuscous1671

umbratile1678

sable-hooded1770

gangrenous1794

burnt1897

bead-dark1937

1671 J. Webster Metallographia xvi. 235 A fuscous or darkish redness.

a1705 J. Ray Itineraries in Select Remains (1760) 247 The 5 or 6 first Feathers of the Wing above of a dark or fuscous Colour, near Black.

1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful ii. §18. 64 Sad and fuscous colours, as black, or brown, or deep purple.

1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. 282 Fuscous, a dull brown.

1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. II. 210 Back fuscous brown, with four lines of white spots.

1848 J. Gould Birds Austral. Descr. pl. 44 Ptilotis fusca, Fuscous Honey-eater.

1853 T. De Quincey Autobiogr. Sketches in Select. Grave & Gay II. 26 The other, sad, fuscous, begrimed with the snuff of ages.

1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 57 Seeds fuscous acutely tubercled.

figurative.1855 T. De Quincey Let. 31 July in ‘H. A. Page’ T. De Quincey: Life & Writings (1877) II. xviii. 106 Some confused remembrance I had that we were or ought to be in a relation of hostility, though why I could ground upon none but fuscous and cloudy reasons.

2. Pathology. (See quot.).

ΚΠ

1924 R. Muir Pathol. 45 In the nerve cells of the cortex of the brain..a considerable amount of pigment is met with in senile insanity and allied conditions, this being known as fuscous degeneration.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	fuscous
释义	fuscousadj. Brit. /ˈfʌskəs/, U.S. /ˈfəskəs/ Etymology: < Latin fuscus dark, dusky + -ous suffix. 1. Of a dark or sombre hue; dusky, swarthy. (Chiefly Natural History.) ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > relating to tone > dark wana1000 swartOE darkOE under-dark1382 sad1415 swartish1483 sable?a1513 dark-coloured?1523 swarth?1527 fuskish1563 swarty1572 saturnine1581 sable-suiteda1592 sable visaged1608 gloomy1632 sable-vested1667 fuscous1671 umbratile1678 sable-hooded1770 gangrenous1794 burnt1897 bead-dark1937 1671 J. Webster Metallographia xvi. 235 A fuscous or darkish redness. a1705 J. Ray Itineraries in Select Remains (1760) 247 The 5 or 6 first Feathers of the Wing above of a dark or fuscous Colour, near Black. 1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful ii. §18. 64 Sad and fuscous colours, as black, or brown, or deep purple. 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. 282 Fuscous, a dull brown. 1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. II. 210 Back fuscous brown, with four lines of white spots. 1848 J. Gould Birds Austral. Descr. pl. 44 Ptilotis fusca, Fuscous Honey-eater. 1853 T. De Quincey Autobiogr. Sketches in Select. Grave & Gay II. 26 The other, sad, fuscous, begrimed with the snuff of ages. 1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 57 Seeds fuscous acutely tubercled. figurative.1855 T. De Quincey Let. 31 July in ‘H. A. Page’ T. De Quincey: Life & Writings (1877) II. xviii. 106 Some confused remembrance I had that we were or ought to be in a relation of hostility, though why I could ground upon none but fuscous and cloudy reasons. 2. Pathology. (See quot.). ΚΠ 1924 R. Muir Pathol. 45 In the nerve cells of the cortex of the brain..a considerable amount of pigment is met with in senile insanity and allied conditions, this being known as fuscous degeneration. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1671
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