darkling

Meanings

1. In the dark; in obscurity.

1. Dark; growing dark; darkening.
2. Obscure; taking place unseen, as if in the dark.

1. Darkness.

1. present participle and gerund of darkle

1. A child of darkness; someone dark by nature or who has grown dark in character.
2. A creature that lives in the dark.
3. A demon.

Etymology

From Middle English derkelyng. By surface analysis, dark + -ling.