atramentous
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin ātrāmentōsus, from ātrāmentum (“black liquid, ink”). Equivalent to atrament + -ous.
Adjective
[edit]atramentous
- Inky, inklike, atramental.
- 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
- The second way whereby bodies become blacke, is an atramentous condition or mixture, that is a vitriolate or copperose quality conjoyning with a terrestrious and astringent humidity […]
- 2004, China Miéville, Iron Council, Trade paperback, published 2005, page 464:
- Perdido Street Station was the centre of the city, even more than Parliament, the atramentous keep now empty of functionaries […]