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Egyptian darkness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Very intense darkness. uncountable

    "Except for the shaft of light thrown by her own headlamps, the darkness was Egyptian."

Etymology

With reference to Exodus X.21-23: “Yahweh then said to Moses, ‘Stretch out your hand towards heaven, and let darkness, darkness so thick that it can be felt, cover Egypt.’ So Moses stretched out his hand towards heaven, and for three days there was thick darkness over the whole of Egypt.”

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