What does "darkling" mean?
Darkling: Becoming dark or gloomy; frowing. His honest brows darkling as he looked towards me. Thackeray.
Additional senses
- 2.Dark; gloomy. "The darkling precipice." Moore.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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