"dark-colored," especially of skin, 1580s, unexplained alteration of swarty (1570s), from swart + -y (2). Related: Swarthiness.
a smile on his swarthy face
sward
sware
swarf
swarm
swart
swarthy
swash
swashbuckle
swashbuckler
swashbuckling
swastika
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