dusk

dusk
dusk1
/dusk/, n.
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.
[1615-25; back formation from DUSKY]
dusk2
duskish, adj.
/dusk/, adj.
1. tending to darkness; dark.
v.t., v.i.
2. to make or become dusk; darken.
[bef. 1000; ME duske (adj.), dusken (v.); metathetic alter. of OE dox dusky, doxian to turn dark; c. L. fuscus dark]

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