Inkblot

//ˈɪŋkˌblɑt// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A blot of ink.

    "A note from Deller with five pencil sketches attached of the new trade figures for Brittlekin -- two bloated looking children with inkblot eyes looking greedily at an enormous bar of peanut candy."

  2. 2
    a blot made with ink wordnet
  3. 3
    A dark, shapeless object. figuratively

    "In the morning he watched with unseeing eyes the headland come out a shapeless inkblot against the thin light of the false dawn, ..."

  4. 4
    Any of the pictures used as stimuli in the Rorschach test.

    "Look, I know that I have to do this, and I'll cooperate, and I'll look at your inkblots and everything, but I don't wanna talk about my life or my childhood or... anything, for that matter, actually."

Synonyms

All synonyms
inkspot

Example

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"Trying to read a text in Toki Pona is like trying to tell what an inkblot looks like on a Rorschach test."

Etymology

From ink + blot.

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inkblot test

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