dusk
noun
the state or period of partial darkness between day and night; the dark part of twilight.
duskish
-
a word derived from
dusk.
Example Sentences
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Thus night itself, notwithstanding its darkness, has a light, duskish indeed, but soft and useful.
From The Existence of God by Henry Morley
It was after sundown and getting duskish, while they was talking; and she said she must be getting along.
From Santa Fé's Partner Being Some Memorials of Events in a New-Mexican Track-end Town by Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone) Janvier
The feathers of the turky are of a duskish grey, edged with a streak of gold colour, near half an inch broad.
From History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing by Le Page du Pratz
The tenseness and redness of the skin was almost gone off, and became of a duskish and livid colour, and felt very lax and flabby.
From The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims Volume II (of II) by Andrew Steinmetz
I'm glad it's duskish," he remarked, "so you can't see the sweet state I'm in.
From In Exile and Other Stories by Mary Hallock Foote
