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subfusc definition

sub·fusc (sub′fusk′, sub fusk′)

adjective

Chiefly Brit. having a dull or dark, often drab, color

Etymology: L subfuscus, brownish, dusky < sub-, below (see sub-) + fuscus, fuscous

noun

Chiefly Brit. subfusc clothing, esp. as academic dress at Oxford or Cambridge university

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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