Entry Word: darkling

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 being beyond one's powers to know, understand, or explain <an intelligence agency feared for its secret files and darkling plots> — see mysterious 1
2 being without light or without much light <the darkling valleys of Transylvania, where tales of vampires have long existed> — see dark 1
3 having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain meaning <darkling glances cast across a dimly lit room> — see obscure 1