Noah Webster
Dusky
DUSKY, adjective
1. Partially dark or obscure; not luminous; as a dusky valley.
A dusky torch.
2. Tending to blackness in color; partially black; dark-colored; not bright; as a dusky brown.
DUSKY clouds.
3. Gloomy; sad.
This dusky scene of horror.
4. Intellectually clouded; as a dusky sprite.