单词 | infuscate |
释义 | infuscateadj. Clouded or darkened. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > relating to tone > darkened infuscate1826 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. 292 Infuscate, when a colour is darkened by the superinduction of a brownish shade or cloud. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2020). † infuscatev. Obsolete. transitive. To make dark-coloured or dusky; to darken. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [verb (transitive)] > darken darka1398 darken1550 sad1573 infuscate1650 swarthy1663 swarth1846 nebulate1874 1650 tr. N. Caussin Angel of Peace 90 The eternall City..was infuscated with the sooty vapours of a brutish Warre. Derivatives inˈfuscated adj. ΘΚΠ 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 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Infuscated, made obscure, dark, black, etc. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.1826v.1650 |
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