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adverb
1.
in the dark.
adjective
2.
growing dark.
3.
being or occurring in the dark; dark; obscure.
4.
vaguely threatening or menacing.
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Darkling
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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Word Origin & History
darkling
"in the dark," mid-15c., from dark + now-obsolete adverbial ending -ling.
EXPAND"But having nothing to do with the participial -ing it does not mean growing dark &c.; from the mistaken notion that it is a participle spring both the misuse of the word itself and the spurious verb darkle." {Fowler]
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