noun
1.
the state or period of partial darkness between day and night; the dark part of twilight.
2.
partial darkness; shade; gloom: She was barely visible in the dusk of the room.
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adjective
1.
tending to darkness; dark.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
2.
to make or become dusk; darken.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English duske (adj.), dusken (v.); metathetic alteration of Old English dox dusky, doxian to turn dark; cognate with L. fuscus dark
before 1000; Middle English duske (adj.), dusken (v.); metathetic alteration of Old English dox dusky, doxian to turn dark; cognate with L. fuscus dark
Related forms
dusk·ish, adjective
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| —n | |
| 1. | twilight or the darker part of twilight |
| 2. | poetic gloom; shade |
| —adj | |
| 3. | poetic shady; gloomy |
| —vb | |
| 4. | poetic to make or become dark |
| [Old English dox; related to Old Saxon dosan brown, Old High German tusin yellow, Norwegian dusmen misty, Latin fuscus dark brown] | |
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Word Origin & History
dusk
O.E. dox "dark-haired, dark from the absence of light" (cognate with Swed. duska "be misty," L. fuscus "dark," Skt. dhusarah "dust-colored"). Modern form is perhaps via a Northumbrian variant. A color word originally; the sense of "twilight" is recorded from 1622.
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Example sentences
But the existence of dawn and dusk does not invalidate the distinction between night and day.
Fishing piers are usually open from dawn to dusk and some allow night use.
The dense early morning fog and dusk light isolate this beautiful oak tree creating a mysterious mood.
Early morning and dusk are the best times of the day to view wildlife.
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