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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. naturally having skin of a dark color;
- Example: "a dark-skinned beauty"
- Example: "gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks"
- Example: "a smile on his swarthy face"
- Example: "`swart' is archaic"
[syn: dark-skinned, dusky, swart, swarthy]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Swart \Swart\, v. t. To make swart or tawny; as, to swart a living part. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Swart \Swart\, n. Sward. [Obs.] --Holinshed. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Swart \Swart\, a. [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. [1913 Webster] A nation strange, with visage swart. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. Gloomy; malignant. [Obs.] --Milton. [1913 Webster] Swart star, the Dog Star; -- so called from its appearing during the hot weather of summer, which makes swart the countenance. [R.] --Milton. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

swart adj 1: naturally having skin of a dark color; "a dark-skinned beauty"; "gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks"; "a smile on his swarthy face"; "`swart' is archaic" [syn: dark-skinned, dusky, swart, swarthy]