fuscous

English

Etymology

From Latin fusc(us) (“dark, dusky”) +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfʌskəs/

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• Rhymes: -ʌskəs

Adjective

fuscous (comparative more fuscous, superlative most fuscous)

1. Of a dark, brownish-grey color; dark-hued, dusky, swarthy.
   • 1928, Edmund Blunden, Undertones of War, Penguin, published 2010, page 140:

     ‘Fresh, fresh, fresh,’ one commented in deep bass on the departing soldier, and the other nodded assent, though in that cave of spoiled air and fuscous lamplight the word ‘fresh’ was misleading […].

See also

• Appendix:Colors