swart
[adjective]
Synonyms: dark, bistered, black-a-vised, brunet, dark-skinned, dusky, swarth, swarthy

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swart adjective & noun. [swɔ:t] Now only dial., poet., & rhet. See also SWARTH adjective & noun⁴.
[Old English sweart = Old Frisian, Old Saxon swart, Old High German swarz (Dutch zwart, German schwarz), Old Norse svartr, Gothic swarts, from Germanic.]
A. adjective.
1. Dark in colour; black, blackish; spec. dark-complexioned, dusky, swarthy. OE.
b. Of the face or body: livid through suffering or emotion. LME-L16.
c. Of the sun, or some other celestial object regarded as hot: producing a swarthy complexion. M17.
d. Dressed in black. L17.

2. Wicked, iniquitous; baleful, malignant. OE.
B. noun. A person of swarthy complexion. rare. LME-M19.

■ swartish adjective (obsolete exc. dial.) somewhat dark or swarthy LME.

■ swartness noun swarthiness, duskiness LOE.

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