Hypertext Webster Gateway: "blackness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Blackness \Black"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being black; black color;
atrociousness or enormity in wickedness.
They're darker now than blackness. --Donne.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
blackness
n 1: the quality or state of the achromatic color of least
lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) [syn:
{black}] [ant: {white}]
2: total absence of light; "they fumbled around in total
darkness"; "in the black of night" [syn: {total darkness},
{lightlessness}, {pitch blackness}, {black}]
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