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subfusc

noun
🔊/ˈsʌbfʌsk/, 🔊/ˌsʌbˈfʌsk/
🔊/ˈsʌbfʌsk/, 🔊/ˌsʌbˈfʌsk/
[uncountable]
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  1. formal clothing worn for examinations and formal occasions by students at Oxford University
    Word Originearly 18th cent.: from Latin subfuscus, from sub- ‘somewhat’ + fuscus ‘dark brown’.