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darkling Definition

dark·ling (därkliŋ)

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

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