infuscation

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CIDE DICTIONARY

infuscation, n.

The act of darkening, or state of being dark; darkness; obscurity. Johnson. [1913 Webster]

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ROGET THESAURUS

infuscation

Blackness

N blackness darkness, (want of light), swartliness, lividity, dark color, tone, color, chiaroscuro, nigrification, infuscation, jet, ink, ebony, coal pitch, soot, charcoal, sloe, smut, raven, crow, negro, blackamoor, man of color, nigger, darkie, Ethiop, black, buck, nigger, coon, sambo, lampblack, ivory black, blueblack, writing ink, printing ink, printer's ink, Indian ink, India ink, in mourning.

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