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swarthy

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈswɔɹði/Part of speech adjectiveSorted ahrstwyStarts with SEnds with Y0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. naturally having skin of a dark color

Word origin

Alteration of obsolete swarty, from swart + -y, from Old English sweart (“black”).

Used in a sentence

  • Their swarthy Hosts wou'd darken all our Plains, / Doubling the native Horror of the War, / And making Death more grim.
  • 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.
  • 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."

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