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Definition of Duskiness
1. Noun. The state of being poorly illuminated.
2. Noun. A swarthy complexion.
Generic synonyms: Complexion, Skin Color, Skin Colour
Derivative terms: Dark, Dusky, Swarthy
Definition of Duskiness
1. n. The state of being dusky.
Definition of Duskiness
1. Noun. The quality of being dusky ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Duskiness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Duskiness
Literary usage of Duskiness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pharmacology and therapeutics, or, Medicine past and present by Thomas Lauder Brunton (1880)
"... by Pathology—Meaning of Pathology—Example—Explanation of Symptoms in Mitral
Disease—Of Duskiness—Remedy for ..."
2. Passages from the English Note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1880)
"Nicholas, rising upward, with dim outline, into the duskiness ; while midway of
its height the dial-plates of an illuminated clock blazed out, ..."
3. The History, Diagnosis, and Treatment of the Fevers of the United States by Elisha Bartlett (1852)
"In the worst cases, the duskiness increases in the progress of the disease, ...
So very characteristic is this cutaneous duskiness, that I think I could ..."
4. The Diagnostics of internal medicine: A Clinical Treatise Upon the by Glentworth Reeve Butler (1909)
"Duskiness.—A darkening or duskiness of the lids and under the eyes is seen in
some women during menstruation and early in pregnancy, also in menorrhagia and ..."
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