swart

[Bailey]

swart (swôrt)
adj. Archaic
Swarthy.



[Middle English swarte, from Old English sweart.]

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ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words AntonymsAdj. 1. swart - naturally having skin of a dark color; "a dark-skinned beauty"; "gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks"; "a smile on his swarthy face"; "`swart' is archaic"
swarthy, dark-skinned, dusky
archaicism, archaism - the use of an archaic expression
brunet, brunette - marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes; "a brunette beauty"

Sure I could have said swarthy, but swart is so uh, archaic, and wonderful.

mark smart-swart Bailey

[Slava]

The "y" version gets treated here: http://www.alphadictionary.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=2721

I do appreciate having two choices, though. Should I ever dare to try to make a feeble stab at writing a line for one of the Agora's Group Poem exercises, this kind of thing might save me.