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单词 fuscous
释义

fuscous

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

fuscous (comparative more fuscous, superlative most fuscous)

  1. Dark in color, dark-hued; dusky, swarthy.
    • 1928, Edmund Blunden, Undertones of War, Penguin 2010, p. 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 […].

See also

  • Appendix:Colors
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