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Latin adjective which means dark, Brown or skin sallow, if it refers to individuals. Also is a Latin name ( 41 cognomen;. So called Aristius Fuscus ( Aristio Fusco ) friend of the poet Horace and Cornelius Fuscus ( Cornelius fuscus ) general of the Emperor Domiciano. This word derived from the coarse catalan adjective: La Vall fosca de Capdella ( the dark Valley of Capdella ) in the Pyrenees of Lleida and the surly English adjective meaning also dark, black or blackish especially if we refer to the fur of cattle cattle. Another later meaning of surly refers to the character of the people: glowering, surly, sullen, disagreeable, rugged, harsh, antisocial, unfriendly...