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Ebon

//ˈɛbən// adj, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Made of ebony. poetic

    "“A stranger knight,” sayd he, “unknowne by name, / But knowne by fame, and by an Hebene speare […].”"

  2. 2
    Black in colour. literary, poetic

    "...flowers stood beside, in an alabaster vase—exotics, that say, "our growth has been precious." A lute leant against the ebon stand; but the face of the lady wore the expression of deep and touching sorrow."

  3. 3
    Having dark skin; black. literary, offensive

    "Woona had silently and swiftly backed away; and her ebon face, Ursula saw, had changed into leaden flabbiness with some horrible fear."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of a very dark black wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Ebony; an ebony tree. poetic

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Old French eban (modern ébène), from Latin ebenus, from Ancient Greek ἔβενος (ébenos, “ebony tree”).

Etymology 2

From Old French eban (modern ébène), from Latin ebenus, from Ancient Greek ἔβενος (ébenos, “ebony tree”).

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