Englishfor English speakers
dusky
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adjective
(= twilight, twilit)
lighted by or as if by twilight
The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn
— Henry Fielding
the twilight glow of the sky
a boat on a twilit river
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adjective
(= dark-skinned, swart, swarthy)
naturally having skin of a dark color
a dark-skinned beauty
gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks
a smile on his swarthy face
'swart' is archaic
antechinus
noun
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marsupial