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ˈdɑrk lɪŋdark·ling
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Princeton's WordNet
darklingadjective
uncannily or threateningly dark or obscure
"a darkling glance"; "secret operatives and darkling conspiracies"-Archibald MacLeish
darklingadjective
(poetic) occurring in the dark or night
"a darkling journey"
Wiktionary
darklingnoun
darkness
darklingnoun
a creature that lives in the dark
darklingadverb
in the dark, obscurely
darklingadjective
dark; darkening
darklingadjective
obscure, done or happening 'in the dark' or unseen
Etymology: From derkelyng, from derk + -lyng.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Darklinga participle, as it seems, from darkle,
Being in the dark; being without light: a word merely poetical.
O, wilt thou darkling leave me? do not so. William Shakespeare.
Darkling stands
The varying shore o’ th’ world. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleopatra.The wakeful bird
Sings darkling, and, in shadiest covert hid,
Tunes her nocturnal note. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. iii.Darkling they mourn their fate, whom Circe’s pow’r,
With words and wicked herbs, from human kind
Had alter’d, and in brutal shapes confin’d. John Dryden, Æn.
Webster Dictionary
Darklingadverb
in the dark
Darkling
becoming dark or gloomy; frowing
Darkling
dark; gloomy
Etymology: [Dark + the adverbial suffix -ling.]
Freebase
Darkling
"Darkling" is the 60th episode of Star Trek: Voyager, the 18th episode of the third season.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of darkling in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of darkling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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