darksome

[ dahrk-suh m ]

/ ˈdɑrk səm /

dark; darkish.

Origin of darksome

First recorded in 1520–30; dark + -some¹

dark·some·ness, noun

And now emerging from the darksome shade, She pressed the silken carpet of the glade.

The Culprit Fay |Joseph Rodman Drake
I think it was sent to show me what it is I am entering on; to uphold me through the darksome valley of the shadow of death.

Johnny Ludlow, Fifth Series |Mrs. Henry Wood
To the south you may see a darksome road—broad, smooth, and easy of descent; that is the lower way.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 12, Issue 342, November 22, 1828 |Various
A picture is degraded, and an artist is insulted, by a painting being hung in this darksome and 'condemned cell.'

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 444 |Various

She was looking at me, and not at the darksome place about her.

The Millionaire Baby |Anna Katharine Green

darksome

/ (ˈdɑːksəm) /

literary dark or darkish