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单词 nigricanting
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nigricantingadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin nigricant- , nigricāns , -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < classical Latin nigricant-, nigricāns blackish (see nigricant adj.) + -ing suffix2, probably with pun on canting adj.2
Obsolete.
That blackens (figurative in quot. ?1715).Apparently an isolated use.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > making or becoming black > [adjective]
smutting1631
blackening1681
nigricanting?1715
?1715 M. Davies Present & Primitive State Arianism 31 The better to carry on the nigricanting Art of sucking of Spiritual Venom out of Honey-suckles.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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