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darkling Definition

dark·ling (därk′liŋ)

adverb

Old Poet. in the dark

Etymology: ME derkeling: see dark & -ling

adjective

  1. in or happening in darkness
  2. dark, dim, or obscure
darkling Quotes

And we are here as on a darkling plain Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight, Where ignorant armies clash by night.

—Arnold, Matthew

Browse dictionary entries near darkling

  1. ‹ darkled
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  3. ‹ darkish
  4. ‹ darkies
  5. ‹ darkie
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  7. ‹ darkener
  8. ‹ darken
  9. ‹ dark reaction
  10. ‹ dark matter
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