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nielle

/njɛl/

nielle adjective: extremely dark black.

Adjective

nielle (comparative more nielle, superlative most nielle)

  1. Extremely dark black.
    • That sky was not purple, nor blue, but nielle, blackness beyond black, with stars that jabbed like knives of light.1999, L.E. Modesitt, Jr., Gravity Dreams, page 5

Forms of nielle

comparativemore nielle
superlativemost nielle

Origin of nielle

Borrowed from French nielle. Doublet of nigella.

Questions about nielle

What does nielle mean?
Nielle means extremely dark black.
What part of speech is nielle?
Nielle is an adjective.
How do you pronounce nielle?
Nielle is pronounced /njɛl/.

Words near nielle in the dictionary

  1. Nieland
  2. Nielands
  3. Nield
  4. Nields
  5. niellated
  6. nielle
  7. nielled
  8. nielli
  9. niellist
  10. niellists
  11. niello

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