dusk
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dusk¹
- /dʌsk/ US, UK
- /dʊsk/ Northern England
Rhymes with -ʌsk
Where it comes from
From Middle English dosk, dusk(e) (“dusky”, adj.), from Old English dox (“dark, swarthy”), from Proto-Germanic *duskaz (“dark, smoky”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwes-, related to *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, mist, haze”). Cognate to Latin fuscus (“dark, dusky”), Sanskrit धूसर (dhūsara, “dust-colored”), Old Irish donn (“dark”). Related to dye, dust and dun (see these for more). Doublet of fuscous.
adjective dusker · duskest
- Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky. A pathless desert, dusk with horrid shades.
noun dusks
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The time after the sun has set but when the sky is still lit by sunlight; the evening twilight period.
Witnessing the dusk gives a feeling of solace.
Similar: evenfall
- A darkish colour. Whose dusk set off the whiteness of the skin.
- The condition of being dusky; duskiness
Similar: nightfall, smokefall, vespers, cockshut, crepusculum, dark, dimmity, duckish, dusk, mirkning, night, sun, sundown, sunset · Opposite: dawn, daybreak
dusk²
- /dʌsk/ US, UK
- /dʊsk/ Northern England
Rhymes with -ʌsk
Where it comes from
From Middle English dusken, from Old English doxian.
verb dusks · dusking · dusked
- To begin to lose light or whiteness; to grow dusk. I see the air benighted And all the dusking dales, And lamps in England lighted,
- To make dusk. After the sun is up, that shadow which dusketh the light of the Moone must needs be under the earth.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: gloaming, evenfall, nightfall, twilight, fall, sunset, night, sundown, dawn, evening, dark, eve, demise, eventide, darkening, vesper
Translations
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noun period of time at the end of day when sun is below the horizon but before full onset of night
| Español | anochecer, crepúsculo/lubricán vespertino, atardecer, oscurecer, obscurecer, anochecida |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 땅거미 ttanggeomi |
| 日本語 | 夕暮れ, 黄昏 |
| 中文 | 黃昏 /黄昏 huánghūn, 曫 /𬁢 luán |
| हिन्दी | गोधूलि godhūli |
| Português | pôr do sol, crepúsculo, ocaso, anoitecer |
| Français | crépuscule, entre chien et loup |
| Deutsch | Abenddämmerung |
| Italiano | crepuscolo, tramonto |
| Română | crepuscul, apus, amurg |
| Русский | су́мерки súmerki |
| Tiếng Việt | chạng vạng |
| العربية | عِشَاء ʕišāʔ, غَسَق ḡasaq |
| עברית | בֵּין עַרְבַּייִם bein arbáim |
verb to grow dusk
| Español | anochecer, atardecer, tardecer, lobreguecer |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | dunkeln |
| Italiano | tramontare, crepuscolare |
| Română | însera, amurgi |
| العربية | يَغْسِق yaḡsiq, يَعْتِم yaʕtim |
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title = {dusk},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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