subfusc
Americanadjective
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subfuscous; dusky.
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dark and dull; dingy; drab.
a subfusc mining town.
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of subfusc
1755–65; < Latin subfuscus subfuscous
Example Sentences
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As I raised my phone to snap a picture of the amber stone columns radiant in the evening light, a cyclist in subfusc screeched and swerved to avoid me, yelling “Tourist!”
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 13, 2016
It was a view that mixed the bucolic, the nostalgic, the subfusc urban world, and an occasional hint of exoticism.
From The Guardian • Jul. 12, 2013
The atmosphere is deliciously muted and studious, with the rhymes "desk"/ "dusk" conjuring the unspoken word, "subfusc".
From The Guardian • Mar. 7, 2011
As the players made their way across from the practice green, their identities could be hardly distinguished, thanks to the subfusc rainwear favoured by their captains for this opening day.
From The Guardian • Oct. 1, 2010
Then, for heaven's sake," said I, "dress her in drabs and greys and subfusc browns.
From The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel by Locke, William John
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