darkle

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darkle

/ˈdɑːk(ə)l/ UK
/ˈdɑɹk(ə)l/ US

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Back-formation from darkling. Equivalent to dark + -le.

verb darkles · darkling · darkled

To be dark; to be visible only darkly. Thus to their hopeless eyes the night was shown, / And grimly darkled o'er the faces pale [...].
To become dark; to show indistinctly.

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@misc{darkle_2026,
  title = {darkle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/darkle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}