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darksome

adj
/ˈdɑːksəm/

Etymology

From dark + -some.

  1. derived from *dʰer-✻ — “dull, dirty”
  2. derived from *dʰerg-✻ — “dim, dull”
  3. inherited from *derk✻ — “dark”
  4. inherited from deorc
  5. inherited from derk
  6. suffixed as darksome — “dark + some”

Definitions

  1. Characterized by darkness

    Characterized by darkness; gloomy, obscure.

    • His fiery eies are fixt vpon the earth. / As if he now deuiſ’d some Stratageme: / Or meant to pierce Auernus darkſome vauts. / To pull the triple headed dog from hell.
    • That sometimes from the savage den, / And sometimes from the darksome shade, / And sometimes staring up at once / In green and sunny glade.

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