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dusk

1

[ duhsk ]

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.



dusk

2

[ duhsk ]

adjective

  1. tending to darkness; dark.

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to make or become dusk; darken.

dusk

/ dʌsk /

noun

  1. twilight or the darker part of twilight
  2. poetic.
    gloom; shade
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adjective

  1. poetic.
    shady; gloomy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. poetic.
    to make or become dark
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dusk1

First recorded in 1615–25; back formation from dusky

Origin of dusk2

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

Origin of dusk1

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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Example Sentences

Everyplace, here in the eastern Coachella Valley, looked gorgeous … for 20 minutes at dusk.

So if you have an unobstructed view to the west, you can catch Mars, the moon, Mercury and Venus lined up vertically in the dusk for the next two nights.

She grew more restless around dusk, knowing it was dawn back home, and that her WeChat messages could light up any minute with bad news.

From midmorning to dusk people cluster around the fire pits outside the lodge, eating, drinking and laughing.

The civil dusk of an old year and era merges and moves through night into the civil dawn of a new one.

If Blake is to make his escape at dusk, what time does the sun set?

Around them, Kansas City glowed in the midsummer dusk; ahead of them glimmered the future.

With dusk approaching, the massive crowd marched north on Florissant.

As dusk approaches, a fog creeps up the slope of the mountain and swallows the sprawling city below—just like Pablo promised.

The town center was still clear of Ukrainian security forces at dusk.

The handkerchief glimmered on the counter, more white than anything else in that grey dusk.

"I shall like it," answered Hugh, glad that his face should be hidden by the dusk, in these moments of waiting.

His chin, thrust slightly forward in a manner almost aggressive, showed the dusk of close-shaven hair.

And she thanked Heaven that in the dusk and in the shadow where she stood he could but ill make out her face.

The revelation was made soon after tea, when she sidled close up to him as they paced slowly along the sea-front in the dusk.

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