darkish

[ dahr-kish ]

adjective

1. slightly dark:

   a darkish color.

Other Words From

• darkish·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of darkish¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; dark, -ish ¹

Example Sentences

It being a little darkish, I staid not to take notice of him, but we went directly back again.

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The Harry Longlegs—dubbed with darkish brown hair, and a brown hackle over it, head rather large.

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This extract has a darkish brown colour, and tastes and smells strongly of cubebs.

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They supply it either in a fairly pure state, or as a darkish moist mass containing many impurities.

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If the cementation be continued too long, the steel acquires a darkish fracture, it is more fusible, and incapable of welding.

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