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adusk en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /əˈdʌsk/

Etymology

From a- (“on, at”) + dusk.

Meanings

  1. (rare) Resembling conditions at dusk or twilight, low-lit, dark; in darkness, gloomy.
    • The low sun had already made it adusk in the ravine, and she walked on to seek the crimson that must soon be burning over sky and sea. 1866, William Conant Church, The Galaxy, volume 2, page 262:
    • You wish to die and leave the world adusk For others, with your naughty light blown out? 1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh:

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adusk en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • /əˈdʌsk/

Etymology

From a- (“on, at”) + dusk.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, rare) At dusk; in the dusk or twilight.