Definition of Darklings

1. Noun. (plural of darkling) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Darklings

1. darkling [n] - See also: darkling

Lexicographical Neighbors of Darklings

darkhorse candidate
darkie
darkies
darking
darkish
darkishly
darkishness
darkle
darkled
darkles
darklier
darkliest
darkling
darkling beetle
darkling groung beetle
darklings (current term)
darkly
darkmans
darkness
darknesse
darknesses
darknet
darknets
darkon
darkons
darkrooms
darks
darksome
darksomely

Literary usage of Darklings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Ancient Lowly: A History of the Ancient Working People from the Earliest by Cyrenus Osborne Ward (1900)
"Here again we are cowled in the precarious scraps and darklings of an aggravating incompleteness. Some say he went to Spain, planting there <M ..."

2. The Story of Spanish Paintingby Charles Henry Caffin by Charles Henry Caffin (1910)
"The "Naturalists" were also addicted to the use of dark shadows, which gained for them the nickname of "darklings." Between them and the "Eclectics" there ..."

3. The World's Painters and Their Pictures by Deristhe Levinte Hoyt (1898)
"Tenebrosi " (darklings) has been given to the followers of the school. It is one of the least important of the Italian schools. ..."

4. The Story of French Paintingby Charles Henry Caffin by Charles Henry Caffin (1911)
"Neither the blacks of Caravaggio and the school of the darklings, nor the reds of Rubens, nor the grays of Van Dyck, nor the browns of Hobbema and Ruisdael; ..."

5. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1872)
"RR The addition of the adverbial termination ling or lings, as in darklings, blind- lings, &c., ..."

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