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Definition of Inky-black
1. Adjective. Of the color of black ink.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inky-black
Literary usage of Inky-black
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal [Aug. 1, 1832 to July 17, 1833] by Fanny Kemble (1835)
"sea inky black, the pale clear moon stood high against the sai]—presently, with
a whooping and ... inky black ..."
2. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific by Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1889)
"Still inky black. 20h 24"'. IV coincides with the first black spot, and is still
very ... IV is reddish brown, while its shadow is inky black. 2oh 50™. ..."
3. A Glossary of Botanic Terms: With Their Derivation and Accent by Benjamin Daydon Jackson (1900)
"garbed in black ; blackened, as in some species of Carex, the apex of the glumes
being darkened ; atric'olor (color, colour), inky-black. at'ropal, ..."
4. The Butterflies of the Eastern United States and Canada: With Special by Samuel Hubbard Scudder, William Morris Davis, Charles William Woodworth, Leland Ossian Howard, Charles Valentine Riley, Samuel Wendell Williston (1889)
"... edged superiorly with inky black, which is slightly diffused downward at the
base and apex of each segment, especially of the abdominal ones. ..."
5. The Birds of India: Being a Natural History of All the Birds Known to by Thomas Claverhill Jerdon (1864)
"The female differs in wanting the black and white bands on the head, the pectoral
bands, and the inky-black and white bars on the wings, the whole upper ..."
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