black
black - adjective
- Having the very dark color of the night sky or the eye's pupil : of the color black {dx_def}see {dxt|black:2||2}{/dx_def}
- Of or relating to any of various population groups of especially African ancestry often considered as having dark pigmentation of the skin but in fact having a wide range of skin colors
- Of or relating to Black people and often especially to African American people or their culture
- Dressed in black {dx_def}see {dxt|black:2||2}{/dx_def}
Usage examples
My black cat likes to hide in dark corners of the house. The teacher wrote important notes on the black chalkboard. Storm clouds turned the sky completely black before it rained.
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Etymology
Old English
Middle English blak, blake, going back to Old English blæc, blac "black, (of other colors) dark," going back to West Germanic *blaka- (whence also Old Saxon blak "ink," Middle Low German black, blak, Middle Dutch blak, Old High German blah- only in compounds, as blahfaro "ink-colored, deep blue"), perhaps adjectival derivative of a verb *blakōn- (whence Middle Dutch & Middle Low German blaken "to burn, scorch"), from a verbal base *blak- (whence also Old High German blecken, blec(c)hen "to flash [of lightning], shine, sparkle" < *blakjan-), o-grade ablaut of Indo-European {it}*b{sup}h{/sup}leg-{/it} "shine, be bright"