infuscate

in·fus·cate

[in-fuhs-keyt, -kit]
adjective Entomology.
darkened with a fuscous or brownish tinge.
Also, in·fus·cat·ed.


Origin:
1640–50; < Latin infuscātus past participle of infuscāre to darken, discolor. See in-2, fuscous, -ate1

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infuscate or infuscated (ɪnˈfʌskeɪt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
(esp of the wings of an insect) tinged with brown
 
[C17: from Latin infuscāre to darken, from fuscus dark]
 
infuscated or infuscated
 
adj
 
[C17: from Latin infuscāre to darken, from fuscus dark]

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Infuscate is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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