duskness

duskness

English

Etymology

From Middle English duskenes, dusknesse; equivalent to dusk +‎ -ness.

Noun

duskness (uncountable)

1. duskiness
   • 1887, Percy Bysshe Shelley, "The Wandering Jew"

     Darkness had spread her raven pall;
     Dank, lurid duskness covered all.

References

duskness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913