fuscous

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English

Etymology

From Latin fusc(us) (dark, dusky) +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

  • (US, UK) IPA(key): /ˈfʌskəs/
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  • Rhymes: -ʌskəs

Adjective

fuscous (comparative more fuscous, superlative most fuscous)

  1. Of a dark, brownish-grey color; dark-hued, dusky, swarthy.
    • 1928, Edmund Blunden, Undertones of War, Penguin, published 2010, page 140:
      ‘Fresh, fresh, fresh,’ one commented in deep bass on the departing soldier, and the other nodded assent, though in that cave of spoiled air and fuscous lamplight the word ‘fresh’ was misleading […].

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