Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Dark pigmentation.
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Examples
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Intemperies facit succum nigrum, nigrities, obscurat spiritum, obscuratio spiritus facit metum et tristiam.
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Wells and Rayer have also published accounts of cases of accidental nigrities.
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The existence of accidental nigrities rests on well-established facts which are distinctly different from the pigmentation of purpura, icterus, or that produced by metallic salts.
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One of the latter cases was a sailor of sixty-three who suffered from general nigrities, and the other was in a woman of thirty, appearing after weaning and amenorrhea.
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One of the latter cases was a sailor of sixty-three who suffered from general nigrities, and the other was in a woman of thirty, appearing after weaning and amenorrhea.
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The existence of accidental nigrities rests on well-established facts which are distinctly different from the pigmentation of purpura, icterus, or that produced by metallic salts.
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Wells and Rayer have also published accounts of cases of accidental nigrities.
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Exceptionally dark coloration. (from Phrontistery)
May 24, 2008