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adusk

adv
/əˈdʌsk/

Etymology

From a- (“on, at”) + dusk.

  1. derived from *dʰwes-✻
  2. inherited from *duskaz✻
  3. inherited from dox
  4. inherited from dosk
  5. prefixed as adusk — “a- + dusk”

Definitions

  1. At dusk

    At dusk; in the dusk or twilight.

  2. Resembling conditions at dusk or twilight, low-lit, dark

    Resembling conditions at dusk or twilight, low-lit, dark; in darkness, gloomy.

    • You wish to die and leave the world adusk For others, with your naughty light blown out?
    • The low sun had already made it adusk in the ravine, and she walked on to seek the crimson that must soon be burning over sky and sea.

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