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dusky
adjective
Naturally having skin of a dark color
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ˈdʌs.ki
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adjective
Naturally having skin of a dark color
“A dark-skinned beauty”
adjective
Lighted by or as if by twilight
“{'source': 'Henry Fielding', 'text': 'The dusky night rides down the sky / And ushers in the morn'}”
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A dark-skinned beauty
Gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks
A smile on his swarthy face
‘swart’ is archaic
{'source': 'Henry Fielding', 'text': 'The dusky night rides down the sky / And ushers in the morn'}
The twilight glow of the sky
A boat on a twilit river
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