nigricantadj.

Brit.

/ˈnɪɡrᵻk(ə)nt/, U.S.

/ˈnɪɡrək(ə)nt/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin nigricant-, nigricāns.

Etymology: < classical Latin nigricant-, nigricāns blackish, swarthy, present participle of nigricāre to be blackish < nigr- , niger black (see niger n.¹) + -icāre , verbal suffix. Compare Italian †nigricante (14th cent.), Portuguese nigricante (1770 in the passage translated in quot. 1772 at nigrescent adj.). Compare nigricanting adj.

Black; (Botany) turning black with age.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > [adjective]

blackeOE

blokec1200

neger?c1425

sable1470

black-coloured1528

sable-coloured1596

ebon1607

Ethiopa1616

torrid1634

atred1654

pullous1698

nigricant1772

black-butted1801

nigrific1804

Negro1816

nigritudinous1851

nigrine1885

1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund II. 97 To dissipate the nigricant [Port. nigrificante] squadrons of darkness.

1887 W. Phillips Man. Brit. Discomycetes 182 Globose or hemispherical, nigricant.

1971 W. H. Snell & E. A. Dick Gloss. Mycol. (rev. ed.) 110/2 Nigricant, turning blackish.

1995 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Island of Day Before 246 That swelling became in the officer's eyes a carbunculus, an anthrax, a nigricant pimple—in short, a bubo.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nigricant
释义	nigricantadj. Brit. /ˈnɪɡrᵻk(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈnɪɡrək(ə)nt/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin nigricant-, nigricāns. Etymology: < classical Latin nigricant-, nigricāns blackish, swarthy, present participle of nigricāre to be blackish < nigr- , niger black (see niger n.¹) + -icāre , verbal suffix. Compare Italian †nigricante (14th cent.), Portuguese nigricante (1770 in the passage translated in quot. 1772 at nigrescent adj.). Compare nigricanting adj. Black; (Botany) turning black with age. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > [adjective] blackeOE blokec1200 neger?c1425 sable1470 black-coloured1528 sable-coloured1596 ebon1607 Ethiopa1616 torrid1634 atred1654 pullous1698 nigricant1772 black-butted1801 nigrific1804 Negro1816 nigritudinous1851 nigrine1885 1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund II. 97 To dissipate the nigricant [Port. nigrificante] squadrons of darkness. 1887 W. Phillips Man. Brit. Discomycetes 182 Globose or hemispherical, nigricant. 1971 W. H. Snell & E. A. Dick Gloss. Mycol. (rev. ed.) 110/2 Nigricant, turning blackish. 1995 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Island of Day Before 246 That swelling became in the officer's eyes a carbunculus, an anthrax, a nigricant pimple—in short, a bubo. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1772
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