blackenedness

Meanings

nounblackenedness (uncountable)

rareuncountableThe quality, state, or condition of being blackened, as
Our hearts are torn for those across the sea, The blackenedness and all the pain they stand, […]
1941, Hearings, page 564
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There's no sheen. If you write once on a sheet of paper, it can be read, but when you scribble over and over, the script becomes unreadable. Dip yourself in the acid that cleans copper. Lay out your blackenedness clearly." […]
2000, Jalaluddin Rumi, Feeling the Shoulder of the Lion
The western coals can only stare Coming hence, a blackenedness Whose colors echo back and forth From ebon South To eerie North There it seeks to call it: “mine” […]
2014, J.P. Goss, Eclectia, volume 1
The quality, state, or condition of being blackened, as:
1. especiallyoftenrareuncountableDue to charring.
  Synonyms: charredness

nounDue to charring.

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