adusk

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From a- (“on, at”) +‎ dusk.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

adusk (not comparable)

  1. (rare) At dusk; in the dusk or twilight.

Adjective[edit]

adusk (comparative more adusk, superlative most adusk)

  1. (rare) Resembling conditions at dusk or twilight, low-lit, dark; in darkness, gloomy.
    • 1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh:
      You wish to die and leave the world adusk
      For others, with your naughty light blown out?
    • 1866, William Conant Church, The Galaxy, volume 2, page 262:
      The low sun had already made it adusk in the ravine, and she walked on to seek the crimson that must soon be burning over sky and sea.
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