adusk

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/əˈdʌsk/

adverb

At dusk; in the dusk or twilight.

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Meanings

adverbadusk (not comparable)
  1. not comparablerareAt dusk; in the dusk or twilight.
adjectiveadusk (comparative more adusk, superlative most adusk)

comparative more adusk · superlative most adusk

  1. rareResembling 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?

    1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh
    1 more example

    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.

    1866, William Conant Church, The Galaxy, volume 2, page 262

Origin

From a- (“on, at”) + dusk.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

dukasSudak
Cite this entry
APA

adusk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adusk

MLA

“adusk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adusk. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “adusk,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adusk.

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