adusk

adv, adj — 2 senses

adv

/əˈdʌsk/

Etymology From a- (“on, at”) + dusk.

Rare At dusk; in the dusk or twilight.

adj

Etymology From a- (“on, at”) + dusk.

Rare Resembling conditions at dusk or twilight, low-lit, dark; in darkness, gloomy.

You wish to die and leave the world adusk For others, with your naughty light blown out?1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh:
The low sun had already made it adusk in the ravine, and she walked on to seek the crimson that must soon be burning over sky and sea.1866, William Conant Church, The Galaxy, volume 2, page 262:

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