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Obsidian

//əbˈsɪd.i.ən// adj, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Black. poetic

    "Looks like a yellow biscuit of a buttery cue ball moon / Rolling maverick across an obsidian sky"

Noun
  1. 1
    A type of naturally occurring black glass produced by volcanoes. uncountable, usually

    "The Neolithic culture from 8000 to 6000 B.C., however, was a brilliant period of the revival of crafts, the transformation of gathering into gardening, the growth of a cross-cultural obsidian trade, and the rise of towns."

  2. 2
    acid or granitic glass formed by the rapid cooling of lava without crystallization; usually dark, but transparent in thin pieces wordnet
  3. 3
    A slightly bluish black, the color of obsidian glass. uncountable, usually

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin obsidianus; named after Obsidius, who was, according to Pliny, the Roman who discovered the stone in Aethiopia.

Etymology 2

From Latin obsidianus; named after Obsidius, who was, according to Pliny, the Roman who discovered the stone in Aethiopia.

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