(a) Of things: dark in color; that cannot be seen; also fig.; (b) of places: lacking light, dark, dusky; also fig.; (c) of the day, weather, clouds, mists, etc.: dark, overcast; of darkness: heavy, thick; ~ even (evening, midnight, night); ~ as the night; fig. ~ night, spiritual adversity, lack of grace; ~ skies, gloom; sorrow; (d) of luminous bodies: darkened, obscured; of Lucifer after the fall from Heaven: dark, dim; (e) of a place: secret, obscure.

(a) Of eyes: dim, having poor vision; also fig.; (b) obtuse, dull, unperceptive; spiritually torpid, lacking spiritual enlightenment; (c) sinful, wicked; spiritually tarnished; (d) mournful, sad, wretched.

Obscure, unclear, incomprehensible; also, mysterious.

?As surname.