duskness

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noun

duskiness

OriginMiddle English duskenes →
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Meanings

nounduskness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableduskiness

    Darkness had spread her raven pall; Dank, lurid duskness covered all.

    1887, Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Wandering Jew

Origin

  1. Middle Englishduskenes
  2. Englishduskness

From Middle English duskenes, dusknesse; equivalent to dusk + -ness.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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