swarthy
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ði, -θi adjective, swarth·i·er, swarth·i·est.
(of skin color, complexion, etc.) dark.
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| —adj , swarthier, swarthiest | |
| dark-hued or dark-complexioned | |
| [C16: from obsolete swarty, from | |
| 'swarthily | |
| —adv | |
| 'swarthiness | |
| —n | |
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Swarthy
is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. 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 screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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Example sentences
He is a figure of medium height, dark-haired, swarthy.
The shining knight had died, and now the swarthy villain carried off his noble lady.
But as taboo feelings of desire swell between the swarthy new lovers, their relationship is discovered.
Here his swarthy baritone is prodigious in scale and implausibly pliable.
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