Meanings
adjectivefuscous (comparative more fuscous, superlative most fuscous)
comparative more fuscous · superlative most fuscous
- Of a dark, brownish-grey color; dark-hued, dusky, swarthy.
‘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 […].
1928, Edmund Blunden, Undertones of War, Penguin, published 2010, page 140
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Latinfusc(us)“dark, dusky”
- Englishfuscous
From Latin fusc(us) (“dark, dusky”) + -ous.
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fuscous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fuscous
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Chicago
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