Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Blackish; somewhat black; dusky; fuscous.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Growing black; changing to a black color; approaching to blackness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Growing or becoming
black ; approaching blackness.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The pounding roar of the first shot resounded from inside the cracked-open sphere, and the nigrescent space thudded with the rutilant explosions of needlecraft.
In Other Worlds Attanasio, A. A. 1984
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I cut them and carried them to Thecla, nigrescent purple flecked with scarlet.
The Shadow of the Torturer Wolfe, Gene 1980
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The bride elect held her head very erect; the red spots in her cheeks glowed like double peonies; her two thin curls, done in oil for the occasion, hung straight and stiff like pendant icicles nigrescent; her sparkling black eyes looked apparently into vacuity, while they were really beholding the acme of all her hopes.
Hubert's Wife A Story for You Minnie Mary Lee
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