dusk

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Dusk at Sutro Baths in San Francisco

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From Middle English dosk, duske (adj., dusky), from Old English dox (dark, swarthy), from Proto-Germanic *duskaz (dark, smoky), from Proto-Indo-European *dhūs (cf. Old Irish donn 'dark', Latin fuscus 'dark, dusky', Sanskrit dhūsaras 'dust-colored'), from *dhū, dheu- 'to smoke, dust'. More at dye. Related to dust.

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dusk (plural dusks)

  1. A period of time occurring at the end of the day during which the sun sets.

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dusk (third-person singular simple present dusks, present participle dusking, simple past and past participle dusked)

  1. (intransitive) to begin to lose light or whiteness; to grow dusk

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