darkth

English

Etymology

From dark +‎ -th.

Noun

darkth (uncountable)

  1. (rare, nonstandard) Darkness, dark.
    • 1593, The Phoenix Nest:
      In framing heav'n and earth, God did divide
      The first daies light and darkth, to night and day; […]
    • 1935, Philippine Teacher: A Periodical for Philippine Progress:
      Poetry is God's arrest of Love when Love turned rebel, forsook the darkth of the human heart: then God arrested Love, and spoke He poetry, His defense of mankind.
    • 1950, Seumas MacManus, Heavy Hangs the Golden Grain, page 90:
      " […] The length of the road and the darkth of the night was small bother, then, to a man with Paddy whisperin' lullabies round his heart."
    • 1961, Joan O'Donovan, The Middle Tree, page 150:
      " […] learning with...age and youth together exploring the darkth..."
    • 2010, Joshua T. Whaley, The In’Ferno Effect:
      Their next act of depravity was to conjure up the spirit of the darkth lord of Lucifer, upon an altar built of the skulls of sacrificed beasts and then to maketh even greater dole at the serpent's feet.
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