blackness

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (uncountable, usually) The state or quality of being black in colour.
2. (uncountable, usually) Any space that such colour pervades.
3. (figuratively, uncountable, usually) Darkness, gloominess; depression.
4. (figuratively, uncountable, usually) The quality of being evil or dismal.
5. (uncountable, usually) The state of being of African descent.
6. (uncountable, usually) The experiences and culture of African-American people.

Concepten

zwartheid

Synoniemen

darkness

black

black color

lightlessness

total darkness

inkiness

pitch blackness

gloom

murkiness

duskiness

ebony

night

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nigrescence

nigritude

obscureness

opacity

shadow

soot

sootiness

unfinished

black stain

black colour

quarry-faced

sableness

black color

black colour

blacken

blackening

blackish

dark

deep black

dimness

dirt

dusk

Vertalingen

noirceur

Schwärze

negror

negrura

Dunkelheit

negror

obscurité

oscuridad

noir

negrura

nigredo

nigritia

nigror

atritas

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈblæknəs/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: blaknesse

In summary

Inherited from Middle English blaknesse, equivalent to black + -ness. Sense 5 most likely both originated from the masque The Masque of Blackness by Ben Jonson and later changed to its current positive sense.

Zinnen

I remember how I sat on the table there in the blackness , with patches of green and crimson swimming before my eyes .

Ik herinner me hoe ik daar op de tafel zat in de zwartheid, met stukjes groen en karmozijnrode zwemmen voor mijn ogen.