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Inky

//ˈɪŋki// adj, name, slang

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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?"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From ink + -y.

Etymology 2

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

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