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blackish, a.|ˈblækɪʃ|
[f. black a. + -ish.]
Somewhat black; inclining to black.
1486Bk. St. Albans B iij, As longe as yowre hawkes fete be blakysh and rough: she is full of grece. 1611Bible Job vi. 16 As the streame of brookes..Which are blackish by reason of the yce. 1803Hatchett in Phil. Trans. XCIII. 65 A blackish-brown colour. 1884Browning Ferishtah 109 Till blackish seems but dun, and whitish—grey.
Hence blackishly adv., ˈblackishness n.
1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong., Noircissure, blackishnesse. 1627Grew Anat. Plants vii. §17 By their Blackishness well enough remark'd. 1670H. Stubbe Plus Ultra 147 But the blood turned blackishly-red. |