Etymology

forblack

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Today it means: Extremely black; jet-black. Full definition →

Middle English forblack
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromforblack
  2. English todayforblack

From Middle English forblack, equivalent to for- + black.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.