swarthy

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Tawny, dusky, dark.
2. sıfat Dark-skinned; black.

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

3. sıfat Darker-skinned than white, but lighter-skinned than tawny; tan.

   “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.”

4. sıfat A dark grey color.
5. sıfat Evil, malicious.
6. sıfat Weathered, rough.

   “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."”

7. isim A swarthy person.

   “Then one of the swarthies popped a couple of shovels of coal into the small fo'c's'le stove — for it was cold that July night Down Under — and everyone began to talk.”