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blackness

/ˈblæknəs/BLAK-nuhs
/ˈblæknəs/BLAK-nuhs

Meaningthe state of being black

Common meaning: darkness

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishblæcsource
  2. Middle Englishblaksource
  3. Englishblack‘of the darkest colour’
  4. Englishformed in English from blackblackness‘darkness’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from black + -ness.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), BLACK, p.65 · scan

Source words

  • blæc Old English · source word “dark, black”

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