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Definition of Dark-skinned

1. Adjective. Having skin rich in melanin pigments. "Dark-skinned peoples"

2. Adjective. Naturally having skin of a dark color. "`swart' is archaic"

Definition of Dark-skinned

1. Adjective. Having a relatively dark skin. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dark-skinned

darioles daris dark dark-adapted eye dark-blue dark-brown dark-eyed junco dark-field condenser dark-field microscope dark-green

dark-ground illumination dark-haired dark-lantern dark-lanterns dark-lanthorn dark-skinned (current term) dark adaptation dark art dark arts dark blue

dark bread dark cell dark chocolate dark chocolates dark comdey dark culture dark cultures dark current dark elf dark elves

Literary usage of Dark-skinned

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

1. The Mythology of All Races by John Arnott MacCulloch, Louis Herbert Gray, George Foot Moore, Alice Werner (1916)
"Now, however, this dark-skinned woman will produce one group, and the light-skinned woman another, and the light-skinned men shall marry the dark- skinned ..."

2. Oceanic [mythology] by Roland Burrage Dixon (1916)
"Now, however, this dark-skinned woman will produce one group, and the light-skinned woman another, and the light-skinned men shall marry the dark- skinned ..."

3. The Story of the Book of Mormon by George Reynolds (1888)
"PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF THE NEPHITES—THEIR BEAUTY — TESTIMONY OF REMAINS FOUND—THE dark-skinned LAMANITES. T^YER AND anon throughout the Book of Mormon, ..."

4. The Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary by Edward Tregear (1891)
"... dark-skinned. Manga- revan—uriuri, dusky black : (ft.) the colour of the deep sea ; aka-uriuri, to make blue. ..."

5. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"Dark, dark-skinned, dark-hued, brown, tawny, of a dark complexion. Swarth, f swarthy. Swash, v, n. I. Swagger, bluster, vapor, brag, boast, bully. 2. ..."

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