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darkish

[ dahr-kish ]

adjective

  1. slightly dark:

    a darkish color.



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  • darkish·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of darkish1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; dark, -ish 1

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Example Sentences

It being a little darkish, I staid not to take notice of him, but we went directly back again.

The Harry Longlegs—dubbed with darkish brown hair, and a brown hackle over it, head rather large.

This extract has a darkish brown colour, and tastes and smells strongly of cubebs.

They supply it either in a fairly pure state, or as a darkish moist mass containing many impurities.

If the cementation be continued too long, the steel acquires a darkish fracture, it is more fusible, and incapable of welding.

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