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Definition dusk
Etymology
From Middle English dosk, duske (“dusky”, adj.), from Old English dox (“dark, swarthy”), from Proto-Germanic *duskaz (“dark, smoky”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?uh?s- (compare Old Irish donn (“dark”), Latin fuscus (“dark, dusky”), Sanskrit ???? (dh?sara, “dust-colored”)), from Proto-Indo-European *d?ewh?- (“smoke, mist, haze”). More at dye. Related to dust.
Noun
dusk (countable and uncountable, plural dusks)
- A period of time at the end of day when the sun is below the horizon but before the full onset of night, especially the darker part of twilight.
- A darkish colour.
Verb
dusk (third-person singular simple present dusks, present participle dusking, simple past and past participle dusked)
- (intransitive) To begin to lose light or whiteness; to grow dusk.
- (transitive) To make dusk.
Adjective
dusk (comparative dusker, superlative duskest)
- Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky.
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