fuscous

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: fus=cous

CIDE DICTIONARY

fuscous, a. [L. fuscus.].

 Brown or grayish black; darkish.  [1913 Webster]
"Sad and fuscous colors, as black or brown, or deep purple
and the like."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

fuscous, adj. sombre, dark-coloured.

Etymology

L fuscus dusky

ROGET THESAURUS

fuscous

Brown

N brown, bister ocher, sepia, Vandyke brown, brown, bay, dapple, auburn, castaneous, chestnut, nut-brown, cinnamon, russet, tawny, fuscous, chocolate, maroon, foxy, tan, brunette, whitey brown, fawn-colored, snuff-colored, liver-colored, brown as a berry, brown as mahogany, brown as the oak leaves, khaki, sun-burnt, tanned.