Meaning & use
Atramentous
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Black or inky in color; resembling ink, especially in tone or darkness.
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The poet described the atramentous sky just before the storm broke.
An atramentous stain spread across the manuscript where the bottle had tipped over.
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The word derives from Latin "atramentum," meaning "ink," and survives mainly in literary or scientific writing rather than everyday speech.
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