atramental

English

Etymology

atrament +‎ -al

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɛntəl

Adjective

atramental (comparative more atramental, superlative most atramental)

  1. Of or relating to ink; inky; black.
    • 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, printed by R.W. for Nath. Ekins (3rd ed, 1658), book 6, chapter XII, page 283:
      Now if we inquire in what part of vitriol this Atramental and denigrating condition lodgeth...
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