Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Intensely black.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Coal-black; very black.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Jet
black in color.
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Examples
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A tidal wave of printer's ink has swept across the continent, churned to atrous foam by hurricanes of lawless gibberish and wild gusts of resounding gab.
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A voice of wisdom, the spacey guidance counselor Ms. Pillsbury (Jayma Mays), finally acknowledges something that is ostensibly about life at McKinley High School, but could be about our youth-obsessed, "Idol" - atrous, Justin Bieber-fever, "Twilight" - ish culture at large:
Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post Hank Stuever 2010
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Shakespeare's "_idol atrous platts for riches_." [
Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 Arthur Acheson 1897
whichbe commented on the word atrous
Jet black. (from Phrontistery)
May 22, 2008
biocon commented on the word atrous
Based on their Latin origins, atrous = matte black whereas nigrous = glossy black.
March 19, 2016