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- Middle English · inherited fromcolblak
- English todaycoal black
From Middle English colblak, colblake, cole-blak, cole-blake, coleblacke, colle blake, from the phrase blak as cole (“black as coal”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
coal black
Today it means: Of an intensely black colour, like that of coal. Full definition →
Middle English colblak