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adusk

/əˈdʌsk/

adusk adverb: at dusk; in the dusk or twilight.

Adverb

adusk (not comparable)

  1. (rare) At dusk; in the dusk or twilight.

Adjective

adusk (comparative more adusk, superlative most adusk)

  1. (rare) Resembling conditions at dusk or twilight, low-lit, dark; in darkness, gloomy.
    • You wish to die and leave the world adusk
      For others, with your naughty light blown out?1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh
    • The low sun had already made it adusk in the ravine, and she walked on to seek the crimson that must soon be burning over sky and sea.1866, William Conant Church, The Galaxy, volume 2, page 262

Forms of adusk

comparativemore adusk
superlativemost adusk

Origin of adusk

From a- (“on, at”) + dusk.

Questions about adusk

What does adusk mean?
Adusk means at dusk; in the dusk or twilight.
What part of speech is adusk?
Adusk can be an adverb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce adusk?
Adusk is pronounced /əˈdʌsk/.

Words near adusk in the dictionary

  1. adure
  2. adured
  3. aduring
  4. Adurol
  5. ADUs
  6. adusk
  7. adust
  8. adusted
  9. adustible
  10. adustion
  11. adustions

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