Duskishness

/ˈdʌskɪʃnəs/ noun

Definition

The quality of being somewhat dusky or rather dark; a partial or moderate degree of duskiness.

Etymology

From 'duskish' plus the noun-forming suffix '-ness,' following patterns like 'foolishness,' 'reddishness' to create an abstract noun describing a qualified state.

Kelly Says

Using both '-ish' and '-ness' together ('duskishness') is linguistically playful—it describes not true darkness but that uncertain, in-between quality of twilight's approach.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
am
ARالعربية
ظلامة
zhalamat
BNবাংলা
অন্ধকার
ondho-ka-ar
CACatalà
obscuritat
ob-skur-i-tat
CSČeština
tma
tma
DADansk
mørke
moork-e
DEDeutsch
Dämmerung
däm-er-ung
ELΕλληνικά
σκοτάδι
sko-ta-di
ESEspañol
oscuridad
oh-skoo-ri-dad
FAفارسی
خاموشی
kha-mooshi
FISuomi
pimeys
pee-meys
FRFrançais
crépuscularité
kreh-poo-skoo-la-ree-tay
GUGU
અંધારાપણું
an-dhaara-pa-nuun
HAHA
kwana
kwan-a
HEעברית
חושך
cho-shekh
HIहिन्दी
अंधेरापन
an-dhe-ra-paan
HUMagyar
sötétség
so-te-szeg
IDBahasa Indonesia
redup
re-du-p
IGIG
ọ̀fọ̀
oh-foh
ITItaliano
crepuscolarità
kreh-poo-skoo-la-ree-ta
JA日本語
薄暗さ
usu-ku-sa
KKKK
құрсау
kur-sau
KMKM
ព្រះ
preah
KO한국어
어둠
eodum
MRMR
अंधार
an-dhaar
MSBahasa Melayu
gelap
ge-lap
MYမြန်မာ
အင်း
a-ngin
NLNederlands
donkerheid
don-ker-heid
NONorsk
mørke
moork-e
PAPA
ਅੰਧ
an-dh
PLPolski
ciemność
chem-noss
PTPortuguês
crepuscularidade
kreh-poo-skoo-la-ri-dade
RORomână
întuneric
in-tu-ner-ik
RUРусский
полумрак
po-lyu-mrak
SVSvenska
mörker
moork-er
SWKiswahili
giza
gee-za
TAதமிழ்
இருட்டை
ir-utta-i
TEతెలుగు
దుమ్ము
du-mmu
THไทย
มืด
meud
TLTL
madilim
ma-di-lim
TRTürkçe
karanlıklık
kar-an-lik-lik
UKУкраїнська
темрява
tem-ryava
URاردو
اندھرا
an-dhra
VITiếng Việt
bóng tối
bong toi
YOYO
ọ̀fọ̀
oh-foh
ZH中文
昏暗
hūn àn
ZUZU
umnyama
oom-nya-ma

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