pitch darkness

English

Etymology

From pitch dark +‎ -ness.

Noun

pitch darkness (uncountable)

1. Intense darkness with no light whatsoever.
   • 1944 November and December, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 342:

     To go through this experience in bitter winter weather and stumble along the line in the pitch darkness at 6 o'clock in the morning, into an icy-cold foundry, as was the writer's experience, was not too good.

   • 2020 March 25, Steve Roberts, “Parly-vous?”, in RAIL, page 69:

     The trip is interesting, but hard to describe in pitch darkness.

References

• “pitch darkness”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.