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单词 inky
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inkyn.

Brit. /ˈɪŋki/, U.S. /ˈɪŋki/
Forms: also ˈinkie.
Etymology: Shortened < incandescent lamp (see incandescent adj. 1d).
colloquial.
An incandescent lamp.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > artificial light defined by light-source > [noun] > incandescent lamp
glow-lamp1884
glow-light1891
incandescent1908
inky1929
1929 Photoplay Apr. 31/2 Inkys, incandescent lights, the silent lights used for talking pictures in contrast to the old noisy arc lights.
1936 C. B. DeMille in Words Oct. 6/2 An incandescent lamp is an ‘inkie’.
1959 W. S. Sharps Dict. Cinematogr. 103/2 Inkie or Inkie-Dinkie, a small incandescent lighting unit used for local lighting.
1970 T.V. Times (Austral.) 1 Apr. 8/3 Put a Ted Lewis on the Inky Dinky—insert a little, dented, pipe-like piece of tin in front of the small incandescent spot light to diffuse the beam.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

inkyadj.

Brit. /ˈɪŋki/, U.S. /ˈɪŋki/
Forms: Also 1500s inckie, 1500s–1600s inkie.
Etymology: < ink n.1 + -y suffix1.
1. Of or pertaining to ink; written with ink; using ink; literary. inky divinity n. cf. inken adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > writing > writing materials > ink > [adjective]
inkya1586
inken1600
atramentary1613
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. I3v Ouer-mastred by some thoughts, I yeelded an inckie tribute vnto them.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II ii. i. 64 England..is now bound in with shame, With inkie [1623 Inky] blots, and rotten parchment bonds. View more context for this quotation
1619 W. Sclater Expos. 1 Thess. (1630) 537 The Scripture read or preached is a dead Letter, Inkie Diuinity.
a1688 R. Cudworth Treat. Eternal & Immutable Morality (1731) iv. ii. 185 He will see Heaven, Earth, Sun..in those Inky Delineations.
1858 T. J. Hogg Life Shelley II. 163 I enlisted with a special pleader, and fought manfully under his inky banners.
1883 W. Black Shandon Bells vii You haven't been brought up in libraries and inky dens all your life.
2. Abounding with ink, full of ink.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Cephalopoda > [adjective] > of sepiacea > full of ink
inky1605
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. v. 148 Th' inkie Cuttles, and the Many-feet.
3. As black as ink; extremely black or dark.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > [adjective] > typically black > as ink
inky1593
sepian1631
atramental1646
atramentous1646
chalcanthous1646
atramentitious1650
inkish1670
atramentaceous1713
atramentarious1717
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 27 The Moone had..a blacke inckie hood embayling her bright head.
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. v. 47 Your inkie browes, your blacke silke haire. View more context for this quotation
1709 J. Addison Tatler No. 131. ⁋9 He took up a little Cruit that was filled with a kind of Inky Juice.
1795 ‘P. Pindar’ Pindariana 169 Eternal foe of inky Night.
1880 S. Haughton Six Lect. Physical Geogr. v. 235 The largest river in the world takes its most remote origin..in a little inky tarn.
1888 J. Inglis Tent Life Tigerland 337 Cautiously probing..the inky, oozy depths in front of him.
4. Of taste, etc.: Resembling that of ink.
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the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > unsavouriness > [adjective] > unpalatable
unsweetc1440
boisterous1483
untasty1566
untoothsome1576
twice sod1601
coarse1607
irrelishable1608
asper1626
insuave1657
untoward1662
physicala1665
asperous1670
unpalatable1682
woolly1687
inelegant1708
smoked1761
impalatable1782
brassy1789
soddena1800
metallic1800
inky1805
unsweetened1817
weedy1851
tinny1873
tangy1875
raw1881
unappetizing1884
twangy1887
stavy1888
toasty1890
soapy1892
stewy1895
gloppy1976
1805 W. Saunders Treat. Mineral Waters (ed. 2) 325 It has a strong astringent and inky taste.
5. Stained with ink.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [adjective] > stained > by ink
inky1727
be-inked1853
ink-stained1857
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Inky, blotted with ink.
1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xx. 199 One of the gentlemen, in a brown coat and brass buttons, inky drabs, and bluchers.
1894 H. Caine Manxman v. ii. 285 The fingers of his right hand were then inky up to the first joint.

Compounds

C1. inky-black, inky-looking adjs.
ΚΠ
1834 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) I. 649 The discharge is sometimes inky-black.
1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. iv. 69 Small inky-looking clouds foretell rain.
1891 M. C. Cooke Brit. Edible Fungi vi. 47 The ‘Inky Mushroom’ (Coprinus atramentarius) received that name because, when it becomes old, the gills melt away into a thick, black, inky fluid, which may be used as ink.]
C2.
inky cap n. = ink-cap n. at ink n.1 Compounds 3.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > fungi > [noun] > ink-cap
ink-cap1887
inky cap1923
1923 J. Ramsbottom Handbk. Larger Brit. Fungi 81 One of the chief characteristics of Coprinus is the so~called ‘deliquescence’, which gives the popular name ‘inky cap’ to these fungi.
1967 W. P. K. Findlay Wayside & Woodland Fungi 149 (heading) Coprinus: Inky Caps.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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