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sub⋅fusc

[suhb-fuhsk]
–adjective
1. subfuscous; dusky.
2. dark and dull; dingy; drab: a subfusc mining town.

Origin:
1755–65; < L subfuscus subfuscous
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sub·fusc   (sŭb-fŭsk')   
adj.  Of a dark, dull, or somber color.
n.  Dark, dull clothing.

[Latin subfuscus, brownish : sub-, sub- + fuscus, dark.]
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