duskness

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English

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Etymology

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

Noun

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duskness (uncountable)

  1. duskiness
    • 1887, Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Wandering Jew:
      Darkness had spread her raven pall;
      Dank, lurid duskness covered all.

References

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“duskness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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