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Definition of Subfusc
1. Adjective. Devoid of brightness or appeal. "Dark subfusc clothing"
Definition of Subfusc
1. Adjective. Having subdued colors. ¹
2. Noun. Dark clothing. ¹
3. Noun. Clothing acceptable, by regulation at certain universities, for an examination or official event. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Subfusc
1. a dark dull clothing [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subfusc
Literary usage of Subfusc
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. by James Boswell, Arnold Glover (1901)
"... in his capacity as playwright, the great man "enlivened his Character" (as
Steele would say), and dramatised his customary subfusc costume. ..."
2. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1889)
"... a childlike reliance : and we are almost surprised to find that he does not
repeat the grave precepts as to the wearing of garments of a subfusc hue, ..."
3. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1888)
"Statutes upon dress are notoriously the hardest to observe; and as at Oxford the
black or subfusc raiment is not invariably worn, and as undergraduates may ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1896)
"In any case, be has chosen the two adjectives which more than any other exactly
describe Scotch pearls—” subfusc” and “somewhat livid. ..."
5. The British Essayists; with Prefaces, Historical and Biographical, by Alexander Chalmers (1809)
"... complexion was a little upon the subfusc, with very black eyes and dark
eye-brows; and the nose being taken from a porter that had a white German skin, ..."
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