Entry: swart (adj.)
In context: "The engineer knows about ambulances and the Brigham Women's ICU and five-day rehab ward from the thick swart girl Notkin, the one with the disreputable hat..."
Definition: Dark in colour; black or blackish; dusky, swarthy.
specifically:
Of the skin or complexion, or of persons in respect of these.
Other: Wow!
OE Beowulf 167 Heorot eardode, sincfage sel sweartum nihtum.
SNOOT score: 1
Page: 625
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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