adj
Meaning 1
fuliginous; sooty or black.
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Usage: not-comparable
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fuligin
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/ˈfjuːlə.d͡ʒɪn/
adj
Meaning 2
of the colour fuligin.
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Usage: not-comparable
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noun
Meaning 3
soot, lampblack.
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Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
a hypothetical colour darker than black.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- 2001, “Richard Horton” (username), “REVIEW: Vernor Vinge’s ‘Across Realtime’” “I'm wearing black only until I find something darker.” — “Fuligin, Mark. Fuligin.”
- 2003, “Mike Andrews” (username), “hosteurope blackhat?” More like fuligin: darker than an event horizon.
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History
Etymology
From Italian fuliggine.