nielle

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See also: niellé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French nielle. Doublet of nigella.

Pronunciation

Adjective

nielle (comparative more nielle, superlative most nielle)

  1. Extremely dark black.
    • 1999, L.E. Modesitt, Jr., Gravity Dreams, page 5:
      That sky was not purple, nor blue, but nielle, blackness beyond black, with stars that jabbed like knives of light.

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin nigella, substantivization of the feminine of Latin nigellus (“blackish”).

Noun

nielle f (plural nielles)

  1. corncockle
  2. blight, ear cockle
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Often considered a borrowing from Italian niello (from Latin nigellus), but may also reflect a deverbal of nieller, inherited from the same Latin source, perhaps nevertheless influenced in its spelling by Italian.[1]

Noun

nielle m (plural nielles)

  1. niello
Derived terms

Verb

nielle

  1. inflection of nieller:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

References

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “nĭgĕllus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 7: N–Pas, page 129

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