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swarthiness
swarthiness (ˈswɔːðɪnɪs, -θ-) [f. as prec. + -ness.] The quality of being swarthy; duskiness; darkness of colour or complexion.1577 B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. ii. (1586) 67 b, The ripenesse whereof is deemed by the swarthinesse and the softnesse of the berrie. 1628 Feltham Resolves ii. [i.] xxxvi. 1... Oxford English Dictionary
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The Red Tent (miniseries)
Times, Mary McManara noted that parts of the miniseries "wander close to parody — Will Tudor's Joseph is a blue-eyed Botticelli in contrast to the Arabic swarthiness wikipedia.org
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swarthy
▪ I. swarthy, a.1 (ˈswɔːðɪ, ˈswɔːθɪ) [Obscure variant of swarty: cf. swarth a., swarf a., swarfish, swarfy.] Of a dark hue; black or blackish; dusky. a. gen. = swart a. 1 a.1577 [implied in swarthiness]. 1596 Gosson Quippes Upstart Gentlewom. 99 in Hazl. E.P.P. IV. 254 The swarthie-blacke, the grass... Oxford English Dictionary
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swartness
swartness (ˈswɔːtnɪs) [f. as prec. + -ness.] The quality of being swart; swarthiness, duskiness.a 1100 Aldhelm Gloss. i. 4681 (Napier 121/1) Nigredine, sweartnysse. a 1395 Hylton Scala Perf. (W. de W. 1494) ii. xii, The swartnesse [1533 blackenes] that I haue is all wythoute. 1530 Palsgr. 278/1 Swar... Oxford English Dictionary
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David Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Earl of Kilmuir
In appearance, "His body was pear-shaped, and beneath a large square bald head there were dark heavy eyebrows and a face of middle-eastern pallor and swarthiness wikipedia.org
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swarth
▪ I. swarth, n.1 Now only dial. (swɔːθ) Also 7 sworth, 8 swarthe. [OE. swearþ: see sward n. and cf. swarf n.3] 1. Skin, rind; fig. the surface, outside.c 725 Corpus Gloss. C 198 Cater, suearth. c 1050 Ags. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 363/9 Catrum, swearð. c 1450 St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 2280 For oft knelyng h... Oxford English Dictionary
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swart
▪ I. swart, a. (n.) Now only rhet. or poet. (or dial.) (swɔːt) Forms: 1 sweart, 2 sward, 3 swært, sweort, swerd, suart, 5 swertt, 5–6 swarte, 5, 7 swert, 1– swart. [Com. Teut.: OE. sweart, = OS., OFris. swart (NFris. sûart, EFris. suurt, WFris. swart), MLG., LG. swart, MDu. swart (Du. zwart), OHG., ... Oxford English Dictionary
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sunburning
ˈsunˌburning, n. [f. as prec. + burning vbl. n.] ‘Burning’ by exposure to the sun; sunburn.1530 Palsgr. 272/2 Sonne burnyng, hasle. 1535 Coverdale Isa. iii. 24 In steade of a stomacher, a sack cloth, and for their bewty wythrednesse and sonneburnynge. 1599 Shakes. Hen. V, v. ii. 154 If thou canst lo... Oxford English Dictionary
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