fuscous
- adjective
- /ˈfʌskəs/
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fuscus
- The artist chose a fuscous palette to convey a sense of gloom in her painting.
Examples
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"The timing, so just, so exact!" Tol Morabait replied with a fuscous brown field threaded with crimson lines and blots.
Fiction book (1992) -
We discovered, for example, a class of phenomena called "jerkinheads" and learned that some jerkinheads were fuscous, and we delighted in finding fuscous jerkinheads in obscure villages across Pennsylvania.
Academic text (2006) -
We discovered, for example, a class of phenomena called "jerkinheads" and learned that some jerkinheads were fuscous, and we delighted in finding fuscous jerkinheads in obscure villages across Pennsylvania.
Academic text (2006) -
As autumn approached, the leaves turned fuscous, creating a warm, earthy atmosphere in the park.
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The fuscous feathers of the owl blended perfectly with the dark trunk of the tree, providing excellent camouflage.
Synonyms
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2.0
A brown color mixed with gray
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6.9
A dull greyish-brown color like the fur of some horses
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7.4
Brownish gray in color, often used for clothes and rooms
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2.7
A gray color with a little brown in it
A dull brown and gray color like dry earth
A brown color that has some grey in it
A grey color with a little brown in it
Antonyms
How Dark
Surface Forms
Morphology
fuscous = fusc + ous
Although the suffix '-ous' is productive, the root 'fusc' is not a standalone English word, so learners cannot reliably infer the meaning from known English bases.
Etymology
The word fuscous comes from the Latin fuscus, which means 'dark' or 'dusky'. You can see the same root in obfuscate, which means 'to make something dark or unclear', so fuscous describes a dark, brownish-gray color.