inky

comparative inkier · superlative inkiest

1. Of or resembling ink, particularly
   1. Synonym of black.

      The gloved and jewelled bards who sing Of Pippa, Maud, and Guinevere, Have hardly done the 'handsome thing' For you, my inky Cytherea.

      1877, Henry Kendall, “Ode to a Black Gin”, in The Australian Town and Country Journal, page 24

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      One black and gusty night, when the moon was down and the inky clouds swept fiercely overhead through the starless void; when the cruel wind raged and tore, and the sleety rain came swirlingly, drivingly down […]

      1870, The Shamrock, volume 8, page 18

      Tenderly she bore him back through the inky jungle to where the tribe lay, and for many days and nights she sat guard beside him, bringing him food and water, and brushing the flies and other insects from his cruel wounds.

      1912 October, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Tarzan of the Apes”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as chapter 6, in Tarzan of the Apes, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, June 1914, →OCLC

      We see documentary footage (the trudging homeless) and an animated map—an inky line movies from Paris to Marseilles, from there to Oran, and finally to Casablanca, where the lucky ones escape via Lisbon and the rest “wait…and wait…and wait.”

      2012 March 19, David Denby, “Everybody Comes to Rick’s: “Casablanca” on the Big Screen”, in The New Yorker, archived from the original on 30 Dec 2024

      Synonyms: black

   2. Containing or bearing ink, especially spattered or stained with ink.

plural Inkies

1. slanglifestyleThe Inquisitor player character from the video game Dragon Age: Inquisition.

   Do you like to play as an asshole Inky? What options, lines of dialogues, actions have you picked?

   2019 July 23, Nabusqua, Reddit

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   Of my 9 Inkies, the ones I felt to be the strongest (character-wise) were my atheist Trevelyan Reaver, my devout Andrastian Trevelyan mage, and my rebellious and fiercely elfy Lavellan who romanced Solas.

   2022 July 2, RhiaStark, Reddit

   My Inky was a very faithful Andrastian, like his family, and he believed he was the Herald of Andraste…kind of.

   2023 July 19, JJJwhovian, Reddit

   Synonyms: Quizzy