darkle

American  

[dahr-kuhl] / ˈdɑr kəl /

verb (used without object)

darkled, darkling

1. to appear dark; show indistinctly.

2. to grow dark, gloomy, etc.

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darkle British  

/ ˈdɑːkəl /

verb

1. to grow dark; darken

2. (intr) to appear dark or indistinct

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Etymology

Origin of darkle

1790–1800; back formation from darkling, adv. taken as present participle

Example Sentences

A single hobgoblin bassoon croaks ludicrously away, the pixies darkle and flirt and dance their hearts out of them.

From Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions by Hughes, Rupert

In the fitful light darkle and gleam the swarthy-hued faces around them.

From The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems by Gordon, Hanford Lennox

From him that dream of transport flows, Which sweet intoxication knows; With him, the brow forgets to darkle, And brilliant graces learn to sparkle.

From The Odes of Anacreon by Moore, Thomas

A ship glides by, a shadowy form, Faint roseate lights around me sparkle, A gathering mist precedes the storm, And far-off forest tree-tops darkle.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876 by Various

Where a fallen sycamore Whitely arches a pathway o'er, And shadows darkle The lambent cool, As, softly a-sparkle.

From Nirvana Days by Rice, Cale Young