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noun the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
originEtymology tree English inky Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English inkiness From inky + -ness.
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