Sekirov Dictionary

swarthy

/ˈswɔɹði/

adjective 6
noun 1
forms 3

adjective6

Tawny, dusky, dark.
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Darker-skinned than white, but lighter-skinned than tawny; tan.
- Such was the religion that a young, swarthy man of medium height took with him as he trudged off to the University of Erfurt in May 1501. — 2016
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(offensive) Dark-skinned; black.
- Their swarthy Hosts wou'd darken all our Plains, / Doubling the native Horror of the War, / And making Death more grim. — 1712
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(nonstandard) Weathered, rough.
- Mason: "Okay, how do I look, really?" Betty: "…'Swarthy.'" Mason: "Well, is that good?" Betty: "Depends if you like 'swarthy.'" Mason: "Do you like 'swarthy'?" Betty: "Not particularly." — 2003
(nonstandard) Evil, malicious.
A dark grey color.

noun1

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A swarthy person.
- Then one of the swarthies popped a couple of shovels of coal into the small fo'c's'le stove — for it was cold that July night Down Under — and everyone began to talk. — 1962

forms

swarthies · swarthier · swarthiest

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