Atrament

//ˈæ.tɹə.mɛnt// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Ink or an inklike substance. archaic, countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    Any particularly black liquid substance. countable, figuratively, rare, uncountable

    "The irises of those eyes, whose pupils were blacker than atrament, varied singularly in shades of shifting colour."

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"The irises of those eyes, whose pupils were blacker than atrament, varied singularly in shades of shifting colour."

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English atrament, from Latin ātrāmentum, from ātrāre (“to blacken”), from āter (“black”). First attested in the 14th century.

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