dusk

1
[ duhsk ]
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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.

Origin of dusk

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First recorded in 1615–25; back formation from dusky

Words Nearby dusk

Other definitions for dusk (2 of 2)

dusk2
[ duhsk ]

adjective
  1. tending to darkness; dark.

verb (used with or without object)
  1. to make or become dusk; darken.

Origin of dusk

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before 1000; Middle English duske (adj.), dusken (v.); metathetic alteration of Old English dox dusky, doxian to turn dark; cognate with L. fuscus dark

Other words from dusk

  • duskish, adjective

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How to use dusk in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for dusk

dusk

/ (dʌsk) /


noun
  1. twilight or the darker part of twilight

  2. poetic gloom; shade

adjective
  1. poetic shady; gloomy

verb
  1. poetic to make or become dark

Origin of dusk

1
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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