infuscate

infuscate Definition

in·fus·cate (in fus′kit, -kāt′)

adjective

darkened or tinged with brown: said as of the wings of an insect

Etymology: L infuscatus, pp. of infuscare, to make dark, obscure < in-, in + fuscare, to darken < fuscus, dark < IE base *dhus-: see fury

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