Fuligin

/ˈfjuːlə.d͡ʒɪn/ · noun

Meaning

soot, lampblack..

Definitions by Sense

1. soot, lampblack.
2. a hypothetical colour darker than black.
3. fuliginous; sooty or black.
4. of the colour fuligin.

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Then the Forestal took the Staff of Law, black as fuligin after her battle - -

2001, “Richard Horton” (username), “REVIEW: Vernor Vinge’s ‘Across Realtime’” “I'm wearing black only until I find something darker.” — “Fuligin, Mark. Fuligin.”

2003, “Mike Andrews” (username), “hosteurope blackhat?” More like fuligin: darker than an event horizon.

“What is the tinct of your own guild?” “Fuligin,” I told him. “The color that is darker than black.”

The shadow hovers o’er us, old and long, Its power fuligin and vast.

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