Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Dark (-er)
dark (-er), adj. [OE deorc < OHG. tarchanjan, conceal, hide.] (webplay: black, blind, fire, heart, obscure, opposite, saying, time, ways, white).
- Unilluminated; devoid of light; (see Job 3:9).
- Empty; vacant; lifeless; without light or signs of movement; (see Psalms 74:20).
- Uncheerful; gloomy (see Job 22:13).
- Secretive; concealed; (Psalms 78:2).
- Lonely; frightening; terrifying.
- Black; ebony; onyx; (see Proverbs 7:9).
- Melancholy; mournful; saddened; [fig.] funeral Procession; (see Lamentations 3:6).
- Blackish hue; (see Leviticus 13:56); [fig.] trials; tribulations; struggles of life; sins of the world.
- Callous; unfeeling; cold; hardened; (see Daniel 8;23).
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