Dŭsk'y, a.

a. 1. Partially dark or obscure; not luminous; dusk; as, a dusky valley. “The dusky torch of Mortimer.” Shak. 2. Tending to blackness in color; partially black; dark-colored; not bright; as, a dusky brown. Bacon. When Jove in dusky clouds involves the sky. Dryden. 3. Gloomy; sad; melancholy. This dusky scene of horror. Bentley. 4. Intellectually clouded; as, a dusky sprite. Pope. Though dusky wits dare scorn astrologie. Sidney.