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adj
Clouded with dark shades of brown or black.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences, zoology
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verb
To darken; to make black or obscure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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verb
darken with a brownish tinge, as of insect wings
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: discolor
History
The verb is first attested in 1650, the adjective in 1826; borrowed from Latin īnfuscātus, perfect passive participle of īnfuscō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from in- (“in”) + fuscō (“to make dark”), from fuscus (“dark”).
Across languages
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