Darkish, olive skin.
The hole in the ground created a swarthy feeling.
Having a dark complexion or color according to Answers.com.
Swarthy is a dark complexion or tanned skin color, typically described as dark brown. It is not a specific color, but rather a term used to describe dark or tan skin tones.
The name Moreno means someone with dark hair and a swarthy complexion.
Bryn means hill and Moore means dweller in, or near, the marsh or high wasteland; descendant of More, a form of Maur (Moorish or dark); one who had a swarthy complexion; a large man.
dark and swarthy
i am very swarthy
They were swarthy men, and some of them wore earrings.
Swarthy Songs for Swabs was created in 1990.
State, or condition of the surface material. "You have oily complexion" would mean the individual has oily skin on the face. "The culprit was of medium complexion" would mean the individual was not of a solid black or white skin color.
Various visitors to court made descriptions of Anne Boleyn's appearance. Some of which are:"Not one of the most handsome women in the world. She is of middling stature, with a swarthy complexion, a long neck, wide mouth, bosom not much raised, and eyes - which are black and beautiful.""Young, good looking, with a rather dark complexion.""Beautiful, with an elegant figure.""..rather tall of stature, with black hair, an oval face with a sallow complexion.""...handsome to look at with a pretty mouth."
The term "bad complexion" generally refers to acne or other skin diseases. It has nothing to do with the color of the skin. Dark skin is just as good as pale skin - possibly better, since it protects against sunburn. Words and phrases often change meaning and also his wife Madame de Staël was found to have had 'bad complexion,' and 'too swarthy,' which explains us bad complexion in the meaning of that time. A song by Gilbert and Sullivan of a girl with bad complexion is not about acne. Next there are images that show a dark, black complexion in both cases. Renee Weingarten in her de Stael bio published an image of Benjamin Constant and Germaine de Stael, a drawing by Friedrich Tieck. However, other depictions of Constant and de Stael do not show them as being dark in complexion, any more than others of the time.