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   dusk

   /dʌsk/

   noun

   • 1. the darker stage of twilight: "dusk was falling rapidly"
   • ▪ semi-darkness: "the dusk of the vestry"

   verb

   • 1. grow dark: literary "the sky dusked and the shadows got long and hard"

   adjective

   • 1. shadowy, dim, or dark: literary "the dusk demesnes of night"

   Word Origin Old Englishdox ‘dark, swarthy’ and doxian ‘darken in colour’, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German tusin ‘darkish’; compare with dun1 The noun dates from the early 17th century The change in form from -x to -sk occurred in Middle English.

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