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English

coal black

adj

Meaning

  1. Of an intensely black colour, like that of coal.
  2. A black colour, like that of coal; charcoal.

Etymology / origin

From Middle English colblak, colblake, cole-blak, cole-blake, coleblacke, colle blake, from the phrase blak as cole (“black as coal”).

  1. colblak(enm)→
  2. coal black (English)
  3. Relations: inh

Related words

colblak(enm)

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