darkling
pronunciation
How to pronounce darkling in British English:
UK [ˈdɑ:klɪŋ]
How to pronounce darkling in American English:
US [ˈdɑrklɪŋ]
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- Adjective:
- uncannily or threateningly dark or obscure
- (poetic) occurring in the dark or night
Word Origin
- darkling (adv.)
- "in the dark," mid-15c., from dark (n.) + now-obsolete adverbial ending -ling (compare headlong). But having nothing to do with the participial -ing it does not mean growing dark &c.; from the mistaken notion that it is a participle spring both the misuse of the word itself and the spurious verb darkle. [Fowler]
Example
- 1. " We are here upon a darkling plain ...... "
- 2. I feel extremely uncomfortable in such darkling night .
- 3. Not only such , he feels caddie darkling mocks him even .
- 4. Oh , wilt thou darkling leave me ?
- 5. A family of arthropods including darkling beetles and mealworms .