Word Meanings - INFUSCATED - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Darkened with a blackish tinge.

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• DARKEN
  Etym: 1. To make dark or black; to deprite of light; to obscure; as, a darkened room. They covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened. Ex. x. 15. So spake the Sovran Voice; and clouds began To darken all the hill. Milton.
• DARKENING
  Twilight; gloaming. Wright.
• DARKENER
  One who, or that which, darkens.
• TINGENT
  Having the power to tinge. As for the white part, it appears much less enriched with the tingent property. Boyle.
• TINGE
  To imbue or impregnate with something different or foreign; as, to tinge a decoction with a bitter taste; to affect in some degree with the qualities of another substance, either by mixture, or by application to the surface; especially, to color
• TINGER
  One who, or that which, tinges.
• BLACKISH
  Somewhat black.
• CONTINGENT
  Dependent for effect on something that may or may not occur; as, a contingent estate. If a contingent legacy be left to any one when he attains, or if he attains, the age of twenty-one. Blackstone. (more info) touch on all sides, to happen; con-
• STINGER
  One who, or that which, stings. Professor E. Forbes states that only a small minority of the medusæ of our seas are stingers. Owen.
• ATTINGE
  To touch lightly. Coles.
• CONTINGENCY
  A certain possible event that may or may not happen, by which, when happening, some particular title may be affected. Syn. -- Casualty; accident; chance. (more info) 1. Union or connection; the state of touching or contact. "Point of contingency."
• CONTINGENTLY
  In a contingent manner; without design or foresight; accidentally.
• CONTINGENCE
  See CONTINGENCY
• CONTINGENTNESS
  The state of being contingent; fortuitousness.