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nigrification

nigrification noun: the act or process of making black.

Noun

nigrification (uncountable)

  1. The act or process of making black.
    • the physical disquisition concerning the nigrification of the rete mucosa in blacks1812, David Stewart Erskine, The Anonymous and Fugitive Essays of the Earl of Buchan

Origin of nigrification

From Latin nigrificare (“to blacken”), from niger (“black”) + -ficare (“to make”, in comparative). See -fy.

Questions about nigrification

What does nigrification mean?
Nigrification means the act or process of making black.
What part of speech is nigrification?
Nigrification is a noun.

Words near nigrification in the dictionary

  1. nigrescigenin
  2. nigress
  3. nigresses
  4. nigric
  5. nigricant
  6. nigrification
  7. nigrified
  8. nigrifies
  9. nigrify
  10. nigrifying
  11. nigrin

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