nigrous

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English

Etymology

From Latin nigrum, +‎ -ous.

Adjective

nigrous (not comparable)

  1. Black.
    • 1816, George Thomas, Freedom; with other poems:
      Of pillared mists, in nigrous smoking gloom, []
    • 1940, Stanford University, Natural History Museum, Microentomology: Contributions to Entomology from the Natural History Museum of Stanford University, Volumes 5-8:
      Sternum: nigrous, clad less densely with longer, usually fusiform, similarly colored squamae; []
    • 2008, Glen Craney, The Fire and the Light: A Novel of the Cathars and the Lost Teachings of Christ:
      At this hour, just before dawn, another nigrous presence came hovering over him to darken his face.

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