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dusk

  • adjective
  • /dʌsk/

Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky.

Example sentences

  • “This went on from dawn to dusk.”

    Tatoeba · AmarMecheri · CC0

Word history

From Old English "dox" (dark, swarthy).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “dusk” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.