swart

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   dark in color or complexion; now chiefly archaic or literary and potentially offensive when applied to a person

   A swart bank of storm clouds gathered above the harbor.

From Middle English swart and Old English sweart ("black or dark"), from Proto-Germanic swartaz. It is related to German schwarz and survives in English mainly as an archaic or literary adjective.

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