swarthy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite naturally having skin of a dark color
    swart; dark-skinned; dusky.
    • a dark-skinned beauty
    • gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks
    • a smile on his swarthy face
    • `swart' is archaic

WordNet

Swarth"y adjective
Etymology
See Swart, a.
Wordforms
comparative Swarthier ; superlative Swarthiest
Definitions
  1. Being of a dark hue or dusky complexion; tawny; swart; as, swarthy faces. "A swarthy Ethiope." Shak.
    Their swarthy hosts would darken all our plains. Addison.
Swarth"y transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To make swarthy. Obs. Cowley.

Webster 1913