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Definition of Swartness
1. n. The quality or state of being swart.
Definition of Swartness
1. Noun. The quality or state of being swart. ¹
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Definition of Swartness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Swartness
Literary usage of Swartness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Letters of George Meredith by George Meredith (1912)
"... eyes still dwelling on the Jew In added dream—so strange his shade Of swartness
like a born Hindoo, And wizened visage which betrayed The Hebrew cast. ..."
2. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"SWARTHY, (swar'-iAe) a. Dark of complexion ; black ; dusky ; tawny.
Swartness, (swart'-nes) n. *. Darkness of colour ; duskiness. ..."
3. The Letters of Horace Walpole: Fourth Earl of Orford by Horace Walpole (1905)
"Finch, Lady Isabella, i 255 n, ii 270 n ; family quarrel, 270; friend of Lady
Pomfret, 270, xii 133 ; her swartness, ii 382, v 222 ; legacy to, ..."
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