swart Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite naturally having skin of a dark color
    swarthy; dark-skinned; dusky.
    • a dark-skinned beauty
    • gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks
    • a smile on his swarthy face
    • `swart' is archaic

WordNet

Swart noun
Definitions
  1. Sward. Obs. Holinshed.
Swart adjective
Etymology
OE. swart, AS. sweart black; akin to OFries, OS. & LG. swart, D. zwart, G. schwartz, OHG. swarz, Icel. svarir, Sw. svart, Dan. sort, Goth. swarts; cf. L. sordes dirt, sordere to be dirty. Cf. Sordid, Surd.
Definitions
  1. Of a dark hue; moderately black; swarthy; tawny. "Swart attendants." Trench. "Swart savage maids." Hawthorne.
    A nation strange, with visage swart. Spenser.
  2. Gloomy; malignant. Obs. Milton.
Swart transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To make swart or tawny; as, to swart a living part. Sir T. Browne.

Webster 1913