atrament
/ˈæ.tɹə.mɛnt/
atrament noun: ink or an inklike substance.
Noun
atrament (countable and uncountable, plural atraments or atramenta)
- Ink or an inklike substance.
- Any particularly black liquid substance.
- The irises of those eyes, whose pupils were blacker than atrament, varied singularly in shades of shifting colour.1908, Théophile Gautier, “King Candaules”, in Lafcadio Hearn, transl., Stories, New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, →OCLC, page 91
- Everything was lost to sight in that ponderous atrament which precedes the dawn.1927, Reginald Wright Kauffman, “Pursuit” (chapter XXVIII), in Blind Man, New York: Duffield & Company, page 268
atrament meaning in Urdu
atrament in Urdu
- سیاہی, روشنائی, کالی سیاہی جیسی چیز
Forms of atrament
| plural | atraments |
|---|---|
| plural | atramenta |
Origin of atrament
Inherited from Middle English atrament, from Latin ātrāmentum, from ātrāre (“to blacken”), from āter (“black”). First attested in the 14th century.
Questions about atrament
- What does atrament mean?
- Atrament means ink or an inklike substance.
- What is atrament in Urdu?
- Atrament in Urdu is سیاہی, روشنائی, کالی سیاہی جیسی چیز. See Atrament meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is atrament?
- Atrament is a noun.
- How do you pronounce atrament?
- Atrament is pronounced /ˈæ.tɹə.mɛnt/.
- What is the plural of atrament?
- The plural of atrament is atraments.
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