blackness
/ˈblæknəs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.09 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The blackness of outer space comes from the lack of anything to reflect light rather than the absence of light."
- "The lights of Luluabourg disappeared, and we were in the blackness of the African night, which was continuously pierced by the showers of red sparks ejected skywards and red hot ashes deposited on the track as the fireman rocked his fire."
- "Out of the blackness came some flickers of light."
- "The guest room was full of the noise of the rain falling on fragrant branches in the framed blackness of the open window."
- "She had seen so much of the blacker side of human nature that blackness no longer startled her as it should do."
- "“Black Panther” is a stunning visual and cultural achievement that takes superhero cinema where it’s never gone before by not being afraid to embrace its blackness."
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English blaknesse, equivalent to black + -ness. Sense 5 most likely both originated from the masque The Masque of Blackness by Ben Jonson and later changed to its current positive sense.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: blaknesse
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈblæknəs/