About The Word Swart
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Swart
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What's The Definition Of Swart?
[adj] naturally having skin of a dark color; "a dark-skinned beauty"; "gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks"; "a smile on his swarthy face" (`swart' is archaic)
Synonyms | Synonyms for Swart: brunet | brunette | dark-skinned | dusky | swarthy Related Terms | Find terms related to Swart: See Also | Swart In Webster's Dictionary \Swart\, n.
Sward. [Obs.] --Holinshed.
\Swart\, a. [OE. swart, AS. sweart black; akin to OFries, OS. & LG. swart, D. zwart, G. schwartz, OHG. swarz, Icel. svarir, Sw. svart, Dan. sort, Goth. swarts; cf. L. sordes dirt, sordere to be dirty. Cf. {Sordid}, {Surd}.] 1. Of a dark hue; moderately black; swarthy; tawny. ``Swart attendants.'' --Trench. ``Swart savage maids.'' --Hawthorne. A nation strange, with visage swart. --Spenser. 2. Gloomy; malignant. [Obs.] --Milton. {Swart star}, the Dog Star; -- so called from its appearing during the hot weather of summer, which makes swart the countenance. [R.] --Milton. \Swart\, v. t. To make swart or tawny; as, to swart a living part. --Sir T. Browne. |
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