Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

atrament

/ˈæ.tɹə.mɛnt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: atra-ment
IPA: /ˈæ.tɹə.mɛnt/

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Ink or an inklike substance.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any particularly black liquid substance.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The irises of those eyes, whose pupils were blacker than atrament, varied singularly in shades of shifting colour."
"Everything was lost to sight in that ponderous atrament which precedes the dawn."
"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."

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English atrament, from Latin ātrāmentum, from ātrāre (“to blacken”), from āter (“black”). First attested in the 14th century.

Origin

Source language: Middle English
First known use: First attested in the 14th century

Word Breakdown

Root: atrament, ātrāmentum

Usage

Inflected Forms

atraments (plural) atramenta (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

atramentaceous atramental atramentarious atramentous

Questions

How do you pronounce atrament?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈæ.tɹə.mɛnt/.
What does atrament mean?: Ink or an inklike substance.
Where does atrament come from?: It is traced to Middle English. First known use: First attested in the 14th century.

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