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subfusc

ADJECTIVE
  1. devoid of brightness or appeal
    dark subfusc clothing
    a subfusc mining town

How To Use subfusc In A Sentence

  • Presbytero Johan. habitant subfusci sunt, in Zeilan et Malabar nigri, aeque distantes ab Aequatore, eodemque coeli parallelo: sed hoc magis mirari quis possit, in tota America nusquam nigros inveniri, praeter paucos in loco Quareno illis dicto: quae hujus coloris causa efficiens, coelive an terrae qualitas, an soli proprietas, aut ipsorum hominum innata ratio, aut omnia? Anatomy of Melancholy
  • Arion subfuscus seems another good species to look at, since they're entirely orange not just one aposematic stripe! Eat Tandonia
  • Next, the costumes (by Toni-Leslie James), strictly subfusc, registering against Riccardo Hernández's brown set as murk on murk.
  • Our readers should know he cut a fine figure in subfusc on his way to his viva.
  • Sue had dressed herself neatly for work again and was looking suitably subfusc but smart. GOTHIC PURSUIT
  • Sage's subfusc elegance serves as an all-purpose foil for food that represents his personal version of dishes that are hot all around the gastro-stratosphere. Taking a Chance on Vegas's New Spots
  • One history finalist said, ‘We have to put up with University's traditions, wearing subfusc and the like, but they're not prepared to put up with ours.’
  • Thick carpet, subfusc curtains of pseudo-empire pattern and gilt-legged chairs combined to disseminate the atmosphere of a mausoleum. The Nursing Home Murder
  • a subfusc mining town
  • This dusty and tedious little patch of time -- could she safely label it "drab" and have done with it, or would she find herself one day living through a period so relentlessly subfusc that this present lozenge would seem, by contrast, gay? Mrs. Miniver
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