| Pronunciation: | | 'blaknis
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- [n] the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
- [n] total absence of light; "they fumbled around in total darkness"; "in the black of night"
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| | Synonyms: | | black, black, lightlessness, pitch blackness, total darkness |
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| | Antonyms: | | white, whiteness |
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| | See Also: | | achromatic color, achromatic colour, coal black, dark, darkness, ebony, jet black, pitch black, sable, soot black |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Black"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being black; black color;
atrociousness or enormity in wickedness.
They're darker now than blackness. --Donne.
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