Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pitchy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pitchy \Pitch"y\, a. [From 1st {Pitch}.]
1. Partaking of the qualities of pitch; resembling pitch.
2. Smeared with pitch.
3. Black; pitch-dark; dismal. ``Pitchy night.'' --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pitchy
adj 1: of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal
[syn: {coal-black}, {jet}, {jet-black}, {sooty}]
2: having the characteristics of pitch or tar [syn: {resinous},
{resiny}, {tarry}]
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