inky
/ˈɪŋki/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.60 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or resembling ink, particularly
adj
Of or resembling ink, particularly
Example Sentences
- "One black and gusty night, when the moon was down and the inky clouds swept fiercely overhead through the starless void; when the cruel wind raged and tore, and the sleety rain came swirlingly, drivingly down […]"
- "The gloved and jewelled bards who sing Of Pippa, Maud, and Guinevere, Have hardly done the 'handsome thing' For you, my inky Cytherea."
- "Tenderly she bore him back through the inky jungle to where the tribe lay, and for many days and nights she sat guard beside him, bringing him food and water, and brushing the flies and other insects from his cruel wounds."
- "We see documentary footage (the trudging homeless) and an animated map—an inky line movies from Paris to Marseilles, from there to Oran, and finally to Casablanca, where the lucky ones escape via Lisbon and the rest “wait…and wait…and wait.”"
- "Do you like to play as an asshole Inky? What options, lines of dialogues, actions have you picked?"
- "Of my 9 Inkies, the ones I felt to be the strongest (character-wise) were my atheist Trevelyan Reaver, my devout Andrastian Trevelyan mage, and my rebellious and fiercely elfy Lavellan who romanced Solas."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Ancient Greek ἐν (en) Ancient Greek ἐν- (en-) Proto-Indo-European *keh₂w- Proto-Hellenic *káwyō Ancient Greek καίω (kaíō) Ancient Greek καυστός (kaustós) Ancient Greek ἔγκαυστον (énkauston)bor. Late Latin encaustumder. Old French enquebor. Middle English ynke English ink Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English inky From ink + -y.