melanized
/ˈmɛlənʌɪzd/(also melanised)
adjective
1Of a person: having a dark skin colour. rare.
2 Biology. Characterized by the production or accumulation of melanin; darkened as a result of this.
3 Soil Sci. Of soils: very dark brown or black owing to the presence of incorporated humus.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in The Standard. From melano- + -ized.
- pictorial
- pictorialise
- pictorialism
- pictorialist
- pictorialization
- pictorialize
- pictorially
- pictorialness
- pictoric
- pictorical
- pictorically
- Picts' house
- Picts' wall
- picturability
- picturable
- pictural
- picture
- picture black
- picture board
- picture book
- snappiness
- snappingly
- snapping turtle
- snappish
- snappishly