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duskish

/ˈdʌskɪʃ/

duskish adjective: somewhat dusky.

Adjective

duskish (comparative more duskish, superlative most duskish)

  1. Somewhat dusky.
    • duskish smoke1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 44
    • For though Contraria iuxta ſe poſita magis illuceſcunt [opposites placed next to each other shine more brightly] (by an olde Rule) yet it hath beene ſubtilly, and indeede truely noted that our Sight, is not vvell contented, vvith thoſe ſudden departments, from one extreame to another; Therefore let...1624, Henry Wotton, The Elements of Architecture, […], London: […] Iohn Bill, →OCLC, II. part, page 104

Forms of duskish

comparativemore duskish
superlativemost duskish

Origin of duskish

From dusk + -ish.

Words formed from duskish

Questions about duskish

What does duskish mean?
Duskish means somewhat dusky.
What part of speech is duskish?
Duskish is an adjective.
How do you pronounce duskish?
Duskish is pronounced /ˈdʌskɪʃ/.

Words near duskish in the dictionary

  1. duskiest
  2. duskily
  3. duskiness
  4. duskinesses
  5. dusking
  6. duskish
  7. duskishly
  8. duskishness
  9. duskless
  10. dusklight
  11. duskly

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