adusk

English

Etymology

From a- (“on, at”) +‎ dusk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈdʌsk/

Adverb

adusk (not comparable)

1. (rare) At dusk; in the dusk or twilight.

Adjective

adusk (comparative more adusk, superlative most adusk)

1. (rare) Resembling conditions at dusk or twilight, low-lit, dark; in darkness, gloomy.
   • 1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh:

     You wish to die and leave the world adusk
     For others, with your naughty light blown out?

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

     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.