swarty

comparative more swarty · superlative most swarty

1. swarthy; tawny

   From these first qualities arise many other second, as that of colour, black, swarty, pale, ruddy , &c.

   1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC

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   Suddenly, the short, swarty man was again before us with his broad smile, so ill suited to the grim glint of his eyes, beckoning to us to gather round him.

   2002, Corneliu Leu, The Islands

   “This chile getting swartier every day,” he would complain to Mama, or he would cock his head towards the kitchen door and say, “Remember what happen to Mrs. Spence? That's exactly where you headin'!”

   2016, Melanie Schwapp, Dew Angels