Atramentousとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

atramentous

1. Synonym of inky, black, inklike.
   • 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, Book 6, Chapter XII: "A Digression Concerning Blacknesse", p. 336:

     The ſecond way whereby bodies become blacke, is an Atramentous condition or mixture, that is a vitriolate or copperoſe quality conjoyning with a terreſtrious and aſtringent humidity, for ſo is Atramentum ſcriptorium, or writing Inke commonly made, by copperoſe caſt upon decoction or infuſion of galls...

   • 2004, China Miéville, Iron Council, Trade paperback, published 2005, page 464:

     Perdido Street Station was the centre of the city, even more than Parliament, the atramentous keep now empty of functionaries […]