dusky, dark-skinned, swart, swarthy
(adjective) naturally having skin of a dark color; âa dark-skinned beautyâ; âgold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeksâ; âa smile on his swarthy faceâ; ââswartâ is archaicâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Swart (plural Swarts)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Swart is the 7418th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4490 individuals. Swart is most common among White (94.65%) individuals.
• Straw, straw, warts
swart (comparative swarter, superlative swartest)
Of a dark hue; moderately black; swarthy; tawny.
(UK dialectal) Black.
(obsolete) Gloomy; malignant.
swart (plural swarts)
(UK dialectal) Black or dark dyestuff; something of a certain swart; something of a certain ocker.
swart (third-person singular simple present swarts, present participle swarting, simple past and past participle swarted)
(transitive) To make swart or tawny; blacken; tan.
swart (uncountable)
Obsolete spelling of sward.
• Straw, straw, warts
Source: Wiktionary
Swart, n.
Definition: Sward. [Obs.] Holinshed.
Swart, a. Etym: [OE. swart, AS. sweart black; akin to OFries, OS. & LG. swart, D. zwart, G. schwartz, OHG. swarz, Icel. svarir, Sw. svart, Dan. sort, Goth. swarts; cf. L. sordes dirt, sordere to be dirty. Cf. Sordid, Surd.]
1. Of a dark hue; moderately black; swarthy; tawny. "Swart attendants." Trench. "Swart savage maids." Hawthorne. A nation strange, with visage swart. Spenser.
2. Gloomy; malignant. [Obs.] Milton. Swart star, the Dog Star; -- so called from its appearing during the hot weather of summer, which makes swart the countenance. [R.] Milton.
Swart, v. t.
Definition: To make swart or tawny; as, to swart a living part. Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 June 2025
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