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Webster 1913 Edition


Infuscation

Inˊfus-ca′tion

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Noun.
The act of darkening, or state of being dark; darkness; obscurity.
Johnson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Infuscation

INFUSCA'TION

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Noun.
The act of darkening or blackening.

Definition 2024


infuscation

infuscation

English

Noun

infuscation (countable and uncountable, plural infuscations)

  1. The act of darkening.
  2. The state of being dark; obscurity.
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  3. A dark patch or marking.
    • 1959, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, Technical Bulletin
      We consider, until more specimens are discovered, interruptus as only a subspecies of poecilogaster as the major differences between the two are color intensity of the wing infuscations, and of pile and tomentum.