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bleck

/blɛk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.57 in modern English

Syllables
bleck
IPA
/blɛk/
13
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any black fluid substance, as in blacking for leather, or black grease.

noun

Ink.

noun

Soot, smut.

noun

A black man.

Obsolete

noun

Coalfish (Pollachius virens).

verb

To blacken.

Obsolete

verb

To defile.

Obsolete

intj

Alternative form of blech.

Example Sentences

  • "Þerfore ȝif oure prelatis or oþere prestis, whatevere þei ben, ben opinly blecked by sacrifise of maumetrie, as wiþ covetise, þat is opinly sacrifise of fals goddys, and oþere grete sinnes, as pride, symonye, and man-quellinge, glotonye, dronkenesse, and lecherie, by þe same skil tyþis or offringis shulde be wiþdrawyn from hem by Goddis lawe, and be ȝoven to poeure nedy men, at ensaumple of riȝtful Tobie."

Etymology

From Middle English blek (“ink”), from Old Norse blek (“black tint, ink”), from Old English blæc (“black tint or dye, ink”), from Proto-West Germanic *blak, from Proto-Germanic *blaką (“that which is black; blackness”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

blecks (plural) blecks (present, singular) blecking (participle, present) blecked (participle, past) blecked (past)

Frequently Paired Words

blatch bletch

Synonyms

feh pfaugh pish pshaw pooh

Homonyms

blech

Rhymes With

check tech high-tech neck low-tech deck sec dec heck quebec wreck trek

Questions

How do you pronounce bleck?
The recorded pronunciation is /blɛk/.
What does bleck mean?
Any black fluid substance, as in blacking for leather, or black grease.
Where does bleck come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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