swarthness en · NOUN
Etymology
From swarth + -ness.
Meanings
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(alt-of, archaic, uncountable) Archaic form of swarthiness.
alt of swarthiness
Or where parch'd Afric vehemently glows, In all the swarthness of autumnal fires
c. 1766, anonymous author, Elegy on the late right honourable William Pitt, esquire: