adusk

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English

Etymology

From a- (on, at) +‎ dusk.

Pronunciation

Adverb

adusk (not comparable)

  1. (rare) At dusk; in the dusk or twilight.

Adjective

adusk (comparative more adusk, superlative most adusk)

  1. (rare) Resembling conditions at dusk or twilight, low-lit, dark; in darkness, gloomy.
    • 1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh:
      You wish to die and leave the world adusk
      For others, with your naughty light blown out?
    • 1866, William Conant Church, The Galaxy, volume 2, page 262:
      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.