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Pitch-black

adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Very dark; without light.
Adjective
  1. 1
    extremely dark wordnet

Etymology

From pitch (“tar”) + black. Compare West Frisian pikswart (literally “pitch-black”), Dutch pikzwart (literally “pitch-black”), German pechschwarz (literally “pitch-black”), Swedish becksvart (literally “pitch-black”), Icelandic biksvartur (literally “pitch-black”).

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