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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Of a dark hue; moderately black; swarthy; tawny.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Black.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
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adj
Gloomy; malignant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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name
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Black or dark dyestuff.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
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noun
Obsolete spelling of sward.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Variant of swath.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, alt-of, alternative, dialectal
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verb
To make swart or tawny; blacken; tan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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adjective satellite
naturally having skin of a dark color
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: dark-skinned, dusky, swarthy
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History
From Middle English swart, from Old English sweart, from Proto-West Germanic *swart, from Proto-Germanic *swartaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swerd-. Doublet of Schwarz.
English and Dutch surname, from swart (“dark-haired, dark-skinned, swarthy”).
Variant of sward.
From Middle English swarten, from Old English sweartian, from Proto-West Germanic *swartōn, from Proto-Germanic *swartōną. By surface analysis, swart + -en.
