swarthy

swarth·y

 (swôr′thē)

adj. swarth·i·er, swarth·i·est

Having a dark complexion or color.

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[Alteration of swarty, from swart.]

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swarth′i·ly adv.

swarth′i·ness n.

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swarthy

(ˈswɔːðɪ)

adj, swarthier or swarthiest

dark-hued or dark-complexioned. Also (rare or obsolete): swarty

[C16: from obsolete swarty, from swart + -y¹]

ˈswarthily adv

ˈswarthiness n

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swarth•y

(ˈswɔr ði, -θi)

adj. swarth•i•er, swarth•i•est.

(of skin color, complexion, etc.) dark or darkish.

[1570–80; unexplained variant of obsolete swarty (swart + -y¹)]

swarth′i•ness, n.

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

swarthy - 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" swart, dark-skinned, dusky archaicism, archaism - the use of an archaic expression brunet, brunette - marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes; "a brunette beauty"

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swarthy

adjective dark-skinned, black, brown, dark, tawny, dusky, swart (archaic), dark-complexioned He had a broad swarthy face.

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swarthy

adjective

Of a complexion tending toward brown or black:

bistered, black-a-vised, brunet, dark, dusky.

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Translations

di carnagione scurascuro di pelle

swarthy

[ˈswɔːðɪ] ADJ (swarthier (compar) (swarthiest (superl))) → moreno

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swarthy

adj (+er) skin → dunkel; person also → dunkelhäutig

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swarthy

[ˈswɔːðɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (person) → di carnagione scura; (skin) → scuro/a

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