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語源

From Latin obsidianus; named after Obsidius, who was, according to Pliny, the Roman who discovered the stone in Aethiopia.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˌɒbˈsɪd.i.ən/
• (米国発音, also) IPA: /əbˈsɪd.i.ən/
• 韻: -ɪdiən

名詞

obsidian (usually uncountable, plural obsidians)

1. (mineralogy) A type of naturally occurring black glass produced by volcanoes.

   Synonym: obby

   • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 130:

     The Neolithic culture from 8000 to 6000 B.C., however, was a brilliant period of the revival of crafts, the transformation of gathering into gardening, the growth of a cross-cultural obsidian trade, and the rise of towns.

2. A slightly bluish black, the color of obsidian glass.

   obsidian:  

下位語

形容詞

obsidian (comparative more obsidian, superlative most obsidian)

1. (poetic) Black.
   • 1975, “Nighthawk Postcards (From Easy Street)”, in Nighthawks at the Diner, performed by Tom Waits:

     Looks like a yellow biscuit of a buttery cue ball moon / Rolling maverick across an obsidian sky

アナグラム

• anobiids