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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Zoöl.) Darkened with a blackish tinge.

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  • adjective zoology Darkened with a blackish tinge.

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Examples

  • Who can say how many infuscated minds you will illumine when it comes to speech-making.

    The Conqueror Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton 1902

  • Now that the costly "function" has funked itself into howling farce, an uncomfortable failure, and the infuscated revellers recovered somewhat from royal katzenjammer, we find that the majestic earth has not moved an inch out of its accustomed orbit, that the grass still grows and the cows yet calve that the law of gravitation remains unrepealed, and Omnipotence continues to bring forth Mazzaroth in his season and guide Arcturus with his sons.

    The Complete Works of Brann the Iconoclast, Volume 1. 1898

  • -- Light rufescent brown; the under fur paler, more rufous on the forehead and crown; whiskers black; under parts dull white; the hairs on the tail, which are arranged distichously, are darker than those of the body, infuscated except at the tip of the tail, where they are whitish; the muzzle is acute; ears moderate and naked; the fur above is mixed densely with sharp flat spines; the under coat is delicate and fine; the few spines on the lower parts are smaller and finer; the thumb is without a nail.

    Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870

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