dusk 1
/dusk/ , n.
1. the state or period of partial darkness between day and night; the dark part of twilight.
2. partial darkness; shade; gloom: She was barely visible in the dusk of the room.
[ 1615-25; back formation from DUSKY ]
dusk 2
— duskish , adj.
/dusk/ , adj.
1. tending to darkness; dark.
v.t. , v.i.
2. to make or become dusk; darken.
[ bef. 1000; ME duske (adj.), dusken (v.); metathetic alter. of OE dox dusky, doxian to turn dark; c. L. fuscus dark ]