fuscous

[ fuhs-kuhs ]

adjective

1. of brownish-gray or dusky color.

fuscous

/ ˈfʌskəs /

adjective

1. of a brownish-grey colour

Word History and Origins

Origin of fuscous¹

1655–65; < Latin fusc ( us ) dark, tawny, dusky + -ous

Word History and Origins

Origin of fuscous¹

C17: from Latin fuscus dark, swarthy, tawny

Example Sentences

Wings above fuscous, shining blue at their base; posterior margined with orange; beneath clouded with rufous and brown, and a black dot at the base of the posterior wings.

From Project Gutenberg

Stems 1–2´´ long; leaves whitish, quadrate or round-obovate, subentire, strongly crisped-undulate; capsule immersed on a short pedicel; elaters short, more or less diverse, with a single narrow annular and spiral fibre; spores pale fuscous, more or less tuberculate.—On moist sand in unfrequented paths, Batsto, N. J.

From Project Gutenberg

A. punctàtus, L. Thallus small, depressed, or often cespitose and erect, more or less glandular; monœcious; involucre rather short, oblong-linear, slightly repand, sometimes scarious at the mouth; capsule 1´ high, black; elaters fuscous, flattish, geniculate; spores black, strongly muriculate, sharply angled.—Wet banks, Canada to Mo., and southward.

From Project Gutenberg

Thallus orbicular, 6–12´´ broad, thinnish, grayish-green, the apex and narrowly membranous margins sometimes purplish, minutely pitted; divisions linear or subspatulate, subtruncate and slightly emarginate; rootlets smooth or obsoletely papillose within; capsules very prominent beneath; spores barely 50 µ broad, nearly round, somewhat margined, with depressed sides when dry, fuscous.—Ohio,

From Project Gutenberg

The color of our specimens varies from Cinnamon-Brown through Prouts Brown and in some specimens is Fuscous Black.

From Project Gutenberg