Friday, May 16, 2008

Some Words are more Dusky than others......

Word of the Day for Friday, May 16, 2008

subfusc \sub-FUHSK\, adjective:
Dark or dull in color; drab, dusky.

Her inscrutable figure -- imposing in designer subfusc, slightly donnish, reminiscent of Vita Sackville-West, to whom she was distantly related -- baffled and intrigued some.-- Yvonne Whiteman, "Obituary: Frances Lincoln",
Independent
, March 6, 2001

Gotta love it........"imposing in designer subfusc".........

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