Atrament
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈæ.tɹə.mɛnt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Atrament is a noun meaning (figurative, rare) Any particularly black liquid substance.
Meaning
(figurative, rare) Any particularly black liquid substance.
More Meanings
- (archaic) Ink or an inklike substance.
Example Sentences
Everything was lost to sight in that ponderous atrament which precedes the dawn.
The irises of those eyes, whose pupils were blacker than atrament, varied singularly in shades of shifting colour.
Onyx flashed in her hair, and the delicate fabric that revealed, concealing, the outlines of her face and her body had the same silvery atrament of the stars.
Word Forms
- atraments
- atramenta
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include inke, attaintment, taintment, attainder, tattow, attainture.
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