dusk

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /dʌsk/ (Northern England) IPA(key): /dʊsk/ Rhymes: -ʌsk === Etymology 1 === From Middle English dosk, dusk(e) (“dusky”, adj.), from Old English dox (“dark, swarthy”), from Proto-Germanic *duskaz (“dark, smoky”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwes-, related to *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, mist, haze”). Cognate to Latin fuscus (“dark, dusky”), Sanskrit धूसर (dhūsara, “dust-colored”), Old Irish donn (“dark”). Related to dye, dust and dun (see these for more). ==== Adjective ==== dusk (comparative dusker, superlative duskest) Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky. ==== Noun ==== dusk (countable and uncountable, plural dusks) The time after the sun has set but when the sky is still lit by sunlight; the evening twilight period. A darkish colour. The condition of being dusky; duskiness ===== Synonyms ===== (period of time): evenfall, nightfall, smokefall, vespers; see also Thesaurus:dusk ===== Antonyms ===== (antonym(s) of “period of time”): dawn, daybreak; see also Thesaurus:dawn ===== Hypernyms ===== (period of time): twilight; see also Thesaurus:twilight ===== Hyponyms ===== astronomical dusk civil dusk nautical dusk ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English dusken, from Old English doxian. ==== Verb ==== dusk (third-person singular simple present dusks, present participle dusking, simple past and past participle dusked) (intransitive) To begin to lose light or whiteness; to grow dusk. (transitive) To make dusk. ===== Translations ===== === See also === “dusk”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === skud == Middle English == === Adjective === dusk alternative form of dosk