dusky

adj 1: lighted by or as if by twilight; "The dusky night rides down

the sky/And ushers in the morn"-Henry Fielding; "the

twilight glow of the sky"; "a boat on a twilit river"

[syn: {twilight(a)}, {twilit}]

2: naturally having skin of a dark color; "a dark-skinned

beauty"; "gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks";

"a smile on his swarthy face" (`swart' is archaic) [syn: {dark-skinned},

{swart}, {swarthy}]