nigrification

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noun

The act or process of making black.

OriginLatin nigrificare →
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Meanings

nounnigrification (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe act or process of making black.

    the physical disquisition concerning the nigrification of the rete mucosa in blacks

    1812, David Stewart Erskine, The Anonymous and Fugitive Essays of the Earl of Buchan

Origin

  1. Latinnigrificare“to blacken”
  2. Englishnigrification

From Latin nigrificare (“to blacken”), from niger (“black”) + -ficare (“to make”, in comparative). See -fy.

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APA

nigrification. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nigrification

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“nigrification.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nigrification. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nigrification,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nigrification.

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