Inky

//ˈɪŋki// adj, name, slang

adj, name, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of the colour of ink, especially black ink; dark.

    "One black and gusty night, when the moon was down and the inky clouds swept fiercely overhead through the starless void; when the cruel wind raged and tore, and the sleety rain came swirlingly, drivingly down […]"

  2. 2
    Spattered or stained with ink.
  3. 3
    Dark-skinned; black. literary, obsolete

    "The gloved and jewelled bards who sing / Of Pippa, Maud, and Guinevere, / Have hardly done the 'handsome thing' / For you, my inky Cytherea."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of the color of black ink wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The Inquisitor player character from the video game Dragon Age: Inquisition. slang

    "Do you like to play as an asshole Inky? What options, lines of dialogues, actions have you picked?"

Example

More examples

"Arroz negro tastes inky because it's made with squid ink."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From ink + -y.

Etymology 2

From Inq(uisitor) + -y, as a term of endearment.

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