Subfusc Definition

sŭb-fŭsk
adjective
Having a dull or dark, often drab, color.
Webster's New World
noun
Dark, dull clothing.
American Heritage
Subfusc clothing, esp. as academic dress at Oxford or Cambridge university.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Subfusc

Noun

Singular:
subfusc
Plural:
subfuscs

Origin of Subfusc

  • Latin subfuscus brownish sub- sub- fuscus dark

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From the Latin subfuscus, moderately dark.

    From Wiktionary

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