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单词 nigrefaction
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nigrefactionn.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin nigr- , niger , -faction comb. form.
Etymology: < classical Latin nigr-, niger black (see niger n.1) + -faction comb. form. Compare post-classical Latin nigrefactus (past participle) blackened (c380), and nigrification n.
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
= nigrification n.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > making or becoming black > [noun] > making black
blacking?a1425
blackeningc1475
nigrefaction1658
nigrification1755
1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Nigrefaction, a making black.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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