swarthness

English

Etymology

swarth +‎ -ness

Noun

swarthness (uncountable)

1. Archaic form of swarthiness.
   • c. 1766, anonymous author, Elegy on the late right honourable William Pitt, esquire:

     Or where parch'd Afric vehemently glows,
     In all the swarthness of autumnal fires

References

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