"inky" meaning in All languages combined

See inky on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: inkier [comparative], inkiest [superlative]
Etymology: From ink + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|ink|y}} ink + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} inky (comparative inkier, superlative inkiest)
  1. Of the colour of ink, especially black ink; dark. Translations (dark): atramentowy (Polish)
    Sense id: en-inky-en-adj-LrBGN7tN Disambiguation of 'dark': 88 0 12
  2. Spattered or stained with ink.
    Sense id: en-inky-en-adj-Mc16LZKE
  3. (obsolete, literary) Dark-skinned; black. Tags: literary, obsolete Categories (topical): Blacks Synonyms (dark-coloured): black, dark, inkish, murky Synonyms (dark-skinned): black, dusky, inkish, sable, sooty, swarthy
    Sense id: en-inky-en-adj-5x5t90n9 Disambiguation of Blacks: 11 2 87 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 30 70 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 0 21 79 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 0 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 2 16 82 Disambiguation of 'dark-coloured': 31 27 42 Disambiguation of 'dark-skinned': 3 2 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: inky cap Related terms: India-inky, inky-dinky

Inflected forms

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "bright"
    },
    {
      "word": "clear"
    },
    {
      "word": "whitened"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "inky cap"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ink",
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      },
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      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ink + -y.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "inkier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inkiest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "er"
      },
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "India-inky"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "inky-dinky"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1870, The Shamrock, volume 8, page 18:",
          "text": "One black and gusty night, when the moon was down and the inky clouds swept fiercely overhead through the starless void; when the cruel wind raged and tore, and the sleety rain came swirlingly, drivingly down […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1912 October, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Tarzan of the Apes”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as chapter 6, in Tarzan of the Apes, New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, 1914 June, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Tenderly she bore him back through the inky jungle to where the tribe lay, and for many days and nights she sat guard beside him, bringing him food and water, and brushing the flies and other insects from his cruel wounds.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of the colour of ink, especially black ink; dark."
      ],
      "id": "en-inky-en-adj-LrBGN7tN",
      "links": [
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          "colour",
          "colour"
        ],
        [
          "ink",
          "ink"
        ],
        [
          "black",
          "black"
        ],
        [
          "dark",
          "dark"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "88 0 12",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "dark",
          "word": "atramentowy"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Spattered or stained with ink."
      ],
      "id": "en-inky-en-adj-Mc16LZKE",
      "links": [
        [
          "Spattered",
          "spattered"
        ],
        [
          "stained",
          "stained"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 21 79",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 25 75",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 25 75",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 24 76",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 16 82",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 2 87",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Blacks",
          "orig": "en:Blacks",
          "parents": [
            "Colors",
            "Light",
            "Vision",
            "Energy",
            "Senses",
            "Nature",
            "Perception",
            "All topics",
            "Body",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1877, Henry Kendall, “Ode to a Black Gin”, in The Australian Town and Country Journal, page 24:",
          "text": "The gloved and jewelled bards who sing / Of Pippa, Maud, and Guinevere, / Have hardly done the 'handsome thing' / For you, my inky Cytherea.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Dark-skinned; black."
      ],
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          "black"
        ]
      ],
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        "(obsolete, literary) Dark-skinned; black."
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "31 27 42",
          "sense": "dark-coloured",
          "word": "black"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 27 42",
          "sense": "dark-coloured",
          "word": "dark"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 27 42",
          "sense": "dark-coloured",
          "word": "inkish"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 27 42",
          "sense": "dark-coloured",
          "word": "murky"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 95",
          "sense": "dark-skinned",
          "word": "black"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 95",
          "sense": "dark-skinned",
          "word": "dusky"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 95",
          "sense": "dark-skinned",
          "word": "inkish"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 95",
          "sense": "dark-skinned",
          "word": "sable"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 95",
          "sense": "dark-skinned",
          "word": "sooty"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 95",
          "sense": "dark-skinned",
          "word": "swarthy"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "inky"
}
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    {
      "word": "bright"
    },
    {
      "word": "clear"
    },
    {
      "word": "whitened"
    }
  ],
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms suffixed with -y",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "en:Blacks"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "inky cap"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "ink",
        "3": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "ink + -y",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ink + -y.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "inkier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inkiest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "India-inky"
    },
    {
      "word": "inky-dinky"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1870, The Shamrock, volume 8, page 18:",
          "text": "One black and gusty night, when the moon was down and the inky clouds swept fiercely overhead through the starless void; when the cruel wind raged and tore, and the sleety rain came swirlingly, drivingly down […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1912 October, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Tarzan of the Apes”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as chapter 6, in Tarzan of the Apes, New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, 1914 June, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Tenderly she bore him back through the inky jungle to where the tribe lay, and for many days and nights she sat guard beside him, bringing him food and water, and brushing the flies and other insects from his cruel wounds.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of the colour of ink, especially black ink; dark."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "colour",
          "colour"
        ],
        [
          "ink",
          "ink"
        ],
        [
          "black",
          "black"
        ],
        [
          "dark",
          "dark"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Spattered or stained with ink."
      ],
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        [
          "Spattered",
          "spattered"
        ],
        [
          "stained",
          "stained"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1877, Henry Kendall, “Ode to a Black Gin”, in The Australian Town and Country Journal, page 24:",
          "text": "The gloved and jewelled bards who sing / Of Pippa, Maud, and Guinevere, / Have hardly done the 'handsome thing' / For you, my inky Cytherea.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Dark-skinned; black."
      ],
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        [
          "black",
          "black"
        ]
      ],
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        "(obsolete, literary) Dark-skinned; black."
      ],
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        "literary",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "sense": "dark-coloured",
      "word": "black"
    },
    {
      "sense": "dark-coloured",
      "word": "dark"
    },
    {
      "sense": "dark-coloured",
      "word": "inkish"
    },
    {
      "sense": "dark-coloured",
      "word": "murky"
    },
    {
      "sense": "dark-skinned",
      "word": "black"
    },
    {
      "sense": "dark-skinned",
      "word": "dusky"
    },
    {
      "sense": "dark-skinned",
      "word": "inkish"
    },
    {
      "sense": "dark-skinned",
      "word": "sable"
    },
    {
      "sense": "dark-skinned",
      "word": "sooty"
    },
    {
      "sense": "dark-skinned",
      "word": "swarthy"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "dark",
      "word": "atramentowy"
    }
  ],
  "word": "inky"
}

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