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INKINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("inkiness" is a kind of...):
achromatic color; achromatic colour (a color lacking hue; white or grey or black)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inkiness"):
coal black; ebony; jet black; pitch black; sable; soot black (a very dark black)
Derivation:
inky (of the color of black ink)