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Synonyms for dusk

Grammar : Noun
Spell : duhsk
Phonetic Transcription : dÊŒsk

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Définition of dusk

Origin :
  • c.1200, dosk "obscure, to become dark," perhaps from Old English dox "dark-haired, dark from the absence of light" (cognate with Swedish duska "be misty," Latin fuscus "dark," Sanskrit dhusarah "dust-colored;" also cf. Old English dosan "chestnut-brown," Old High German tusin "pale yellow") with transposition of -k- and -s-, perhaps via a Northumbrian variant (cf. colloquial ax for ask). But OED notes that "few of our words in -sk are of OE origin." A color word originally; the sense of "twilight" is recorded from 1620s.
  • noun early evening
Example sentences :
  • He could not see her face, but he could hear perfectly the words that came through the dusk.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • At dusk, Littlefield lighted a fire, and began to cook his fowls.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • In the dusk of the wooded shades behind him huddled the group of slaves.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • The rain and dusk were so heavy that they could not see fifty feet, and they shivered with cold.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • Dick said nothing, but despite the dusk Woodville read the truth in his eyes.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • A figure approaching in the dusk greeted Dick with a shout of delight.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • But as dusk came gradually in the ravine he resolved that he would go.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • A tall youth emerged from the dusk and looked at them inquiringly.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • The dusk sifted in about the house, faster and faster; a whippoorwill cried from the woods.
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
  • Lorenzi and the Marchesa were strolling in the dusk across the greensward.
  • Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler

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