duskus
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Alteration of duskish (“dusk”).
Noun
[edit]duskus (uncountable)
- (Ireland) The time of the evening just before it is fully dark; dusk.
- 2001, Vincent Woods, “The Lives and Miracles of Christy McGaddy”, in Biddy Jenkinson, editor, Poetry Ireland Review, Dublin: Poetry Ireland Ltd., →ISBN, page 48:
- But he didn't stir at all, / I thought he was sleepin' for spite. / I worked on till duskus / Then I said you can stay the night
References
[edit]- “duskus, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Polish
[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]Particle
[edit]duskus
- (Kielce) Synonym of rzeczywiście
- A duskus widziałam go wcora uchlanego w kárcmie. ― And I actually saw him drunk in the tavern yesterday.
Further reading
[edit]- Władysław Siarkowski (1878) “duskus”, in “Materiały do etnografii ludu polskiego z okolic Kielc”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowej (in Polish), volume 2, chapter 3, Krakow: Komisyja Antropologiczna Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, page 246