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)
- 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 […].
- 1928, Edmund Blunden, Undertones of War, Penguin 2010, p. 140:
See also
- Appendix:Colors