blacknessn.

Brit.

/ˈblaknəs/, U.S.

/ˈblæknəs/

Forms: see black adj. and n. and -ness suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: black adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < black adj. + -ness suffix. Compare blackhead n.¹

1. Esp. relating to things: the quality or state of being black (in various senses).

ΘΚΠ

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

black?c1225

sablec1374

blacknessc1384

blackheada1425

nigredity1547

nigritudea1654

painter1688

sableness1839

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Nahum ii. 10 The face of alle as blacnesse [L. nigredo] of a pott.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. viii. 1277 If þe light is litel and dymme in clere matiere..þanne blaknesse moot nedes be ygendred... Þis expouneþ þe word..of Aueroys, þat..blaknesse is priuacioun of clerenes.

a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) iii. l. 5143 (MED) The crokid fame sprad bothe ferr & neer Of this vengable..woodnesse, The hair infectyng with sclaundrous foul blaknesse.

a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 114 (MED) Whenne nature bowys him to blaknes with ȝalownes, þanne ys þe attemprance good.

1588 J. Read tr. F. Arcaeus Compend. Method I. iv. f. 3 If there appeare a voluntarie blacknesse..it betokeneth mortification.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) i. iv. 13 The Spots of Heauen, More fierie by nights Blacknesse .

1679 F. Smith Clod-pate's Ghost 4 I have lain so long reezing in the Smoke of Purgatory, that..I do not believe there's any thing left in England that can sample my Blackness.

1710 H. Bedford Vindic. Church of Eng. 35 The different blackness of the Ink.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 459. ¶13 The Blackness and Deformity of Vice.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xv. 167 You steer through the blackness for a lump of greater blackness.

1891 Harper's Mag. Dec. 51/1 The sallowness of his complexion and the blackness of his straight hair.

1938 J. Fante Wait until Spring, Bandini viii. 186 A solution of muriatic acid and water. Apply it with a brush: that would remove the blackness.

2005 W. Deverell April Fool xviii. 215 The last time the marauding pest showed up was..in the blackness of the night.

2. Dark skin-colour, esp. in a person of sub-Saharan African or Australian Aboriginal ancestry, latterly (originally U.S.) as the basis for affirming a distinct ethnic and cultural identity. Also with capital initial. Cf. black adj. 3a, black consciousness n. at black adj. and n. Compounds 1e(a).

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social attitudes > racial attitudes > [noun] > awareness of one's identity as a black person > as a matter of pride

blackness1968

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 8077 Foure sarasinis con þai mete..of þaire blaknes hit was selcouþis.

1581 J. Hamilton Catholik Traictise f. 146 The Moris blaknes.

1600 G. Best in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations III. 51 If the Ethiopians blacknesse came by the heat of the Sunne, why should not those Americans and Indians also be as blacke as they.

a1680 T. Goodwin Work Holy Ghost in Wks. (1704) V. ix. v. 417 Nor can a Blackamore alter his Colour, tho' his blackness be but in his Skin.

1713 G. Sendall Victory Grace over Sin v. 52 Original Sin hath as fast hold..as Ivy hath to the Wall,..as Blackness to the Skin of the Ethiopian, that cannot possibly be wash'd off.

1746 T. Salmon Mod. Hist. (new ed.) III. 110/1 All the countries hereabout [sc. by the river Gambia]..cannot come up to the Jolloiffs for blackness of skin, and beauty of features.

1806 New & Compl. Amer. Encycl. II. 630/2 To this proximity of burning sands..is ascribed the different degrees of blackness by which some African nations are distinguishable from others.

1875 All Year Round 6 Mar. 489/2 African blackness, without approach to olive or tawny tints.

1909 Current Lit. Nov. 506/2 The very blackness of his skin, we read, has a certain elegance of polish harmonizing with a most successful manner.

1968 N.Y. Times 12 Mar. 45/4 A sweeping change taking place in Harlem that emphasizes blackness and African heritage.

1997 Time Out 10 Sept. (Sensation Suppl.) 25/1 He was making figurative paintings to explain his identity, his blackness and Britishness, to himself.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	blackness
释义	blacknessn. Brit. /ˈblaknəs/, U.S. /ˈblæknəs/ Forms: see black adj. and n. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: black adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < black adj. + -ness suffix. Compare blackhead n.¹ 1. Esp. relating to things: the quality or state of being black (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > [noun] black?c1225 sablec1374 blacknessc1384 blackheada1425 nigredity1547 nigritudea1654 painter1688 sableness1839 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Nahum ii. 10 The face of alle as blacnesse [L. nigredo] of a pott. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. viii. 1277 If þe light is litel and dymme in clere matiere..þanne blaknesse moot nedes be ygendred... Þis expouneþ þe word..of Aueroys, þat..blaknesse is priuacioun of clerenes. a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) iii. l. 5143 (MED) The crokid fame sprad bothe ferr & neer Of this vengable..woodnesse, The hair infectyng with sclaundrous foul blaknesse. a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 114 (MED) Whenne nature bowys him to blaknes with ȝalownes, þanne ys þe attemprance good. 1588 J. Read tr. F. Arcaeus Compend. Method I. iv. f. 3 If there appeare a voluntarie blacknesse..it betokeneth mortification. a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) i. iv. 13 The Spots of Heauen, More fierie by nights Blacknesse . View more context for this quotation 1679 F. Smith Clod-pate's Ghost 4 I have lain so long reezing in the Smoke of Purgatory, that..I do not believe there's any thing left in England that can sample my Blackness. 1710 H. Bedford Vindic. Church of Eng. 35 The different blackness of the Ink. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 459. ¶13 The Blackness and Deformity of Vice. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xv. 167 You steer through the blackness for a lump of greater blackness. 1891 Harper's Mag. Dec. 51/1 The sallowness of his complexion and the blackness of his straight hair. 1938 J. Fante Wait until Spring, Bandini viii. 186 A solution of muriatic acid and water. Apply it with a brush: that would remove the blackness. 2005 W. Deverell April Fool xviii. 215 The last time the marauding pest showed up was..in the blackness of the night. 2. Dark skin-colour, esp. in a person of sub-Saharan African or Australian Aboriginal ancestry, latterly (originally U.S.) as the basis for affirming a distinct ethnic and cultural identity. Also with capital initial. Cf. black adj. 3a, black consciousness n. at black adj. and n. Compounds 1e(a). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > racial attitudes > [noun] > awareness of one's identity as a black person > as a matter of pride blackness1968 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 8077 Foure sarasinis con þai mete..of þaire blaknes hit was selcouþis. 1581 J. Hamilton Catholik Traictise f. 146 The Moris blaknes. 1600 G. Best in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations III. 51 If the Ethiopians blacknesse came by the heat of the Sunne, why should not those Americans and Indians also be as blacke as they. a1680 T. Goodwin Work Holy Ghost in Wks. (1704) V. ix. v. 417 Nor can a Blackamore alter his Colour, tho' his blackness be but in his Skin. 1713 G. Sendall Victory Grace over Sin v. 52 Original Sin hath as fast hold..as Ivy hath to the Wall,..as Blackness to the Skin of the Ethiopian, that cannot possibly be wash'd off. 1746 T. Salmon Mod. Hist. (new ed.) III. 110/1 All the countries hereabout [sc. by the river Gambia]..cannot come up to the Jolloiffs for blackness of skin, and beauty of features. 1806 New & Compl. Amer. Encycl. II. 630/2 To this proximity of burning sands..is ascribed the different degrees of blackness by which some African nations are distinguishable from others. 1875 All Year Round 6 Mar. 489/2 African blackness, without approach to olive or tawny tints. 1909 Current Lit. Nov. 506/2 The very blackness of his skin, we read, has a certain elegance of polish harmonizing with a most successful manner. 1968 N.Y. Times 12 Mar. 45/4 A sweeping change taking place in Harlem that emphasizes blackness and African heritage. 1997 Time Out 10 Sept. (Sensation Suppl.) 25/1 He was making figurative paintings to explain his identity, his blackness and Britishness, to himself. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1384
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