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duskness

duskness noun: duskiness.

Noun

duskness (uncountable)

  1. duskiness
    • Darkness had spread her raven pall;
      Dank, lurid duskness covered all.1887, Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Wandering Jew

Origin of duskness

From Middle English duskenes, dusknesse; equivalent to dusk + -ness.

Questions about duskness

What does duskness mean?
Duskness means duskiness.
What part of speech is duskness?
Duskness is a noun.

Words near duskness in the dictionary

  1. duskishly
  2. duskishness
  3. duskless
  4. dusklight
  5. duskly
  6. duskness
  7. dusks
  8. duskside
  9. dusksides
  10. dusktime
  11. duskus

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