darkling
/ˈdɑː(ɹ)klɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In the dark; in obscurity.
adj
Obscure; taking place unseen, as if in the dark.
noun
A demon.
Example Sentences
- "So, out went the candle, and we were left darkling."
- "As the wakeful bird sings darkling."
- "I had a dream, which was not all a dream. / The bright sun was extinguish'd, and the stars / Did wander darkling in the eternal space, / Rayless, and pathless, and the icy earth / Swung blind and blackening in the moonless air;"
- "She still pursued its flight, with all the speed / Her fainting strength had hitherto supplied: / What pathless wilds she crossed ! What forests darkling wide !"
- "May thine autumn calm, serene, / Never want some lingering flower, / Which Affection's hand may glean, / Though the darkling mists may lower !"
- "And we are here as on a darkling plain Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight, Where ignorant armies clash by night"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: derkelyng