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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ink-black, inky, inky-blackadjective

    of the color of black ink

Wiktionary

  1. inkyadjective

    of the colour of ink, especially black ink; dark.

  2. inkyadjective

    spattered or stained with ink

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Inkyadjective

    Etymology: from ink.

    England bound in with the triumphant sea,
    Whose rocky shore beats back the envious siege
    Of wat'ry Neptune, is bound in with shame,
    With inky blots and rotten parchment bonds. William Shakespeare.

    The darkness of the liquor presently began to be discussed, and grow pretty clear and transparent, losing its inky blackness. Robert Boyle, on Colours.

    'Tis not alone my inky cloak good mother,
    Nor customary suits of solemn black,
    That can denote me truly. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

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  1. inky

    Inky generally refers to something that is black or dark in color, similar to the color of ink. It can also indicate something that is related to, full of, or stained with ink. The term can also describe a visual effect characterized as blurry or impressionistic, similar to blots of ink.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Inkyadjective

    consisting of, or resembling, ink; soiled with ink; black

Wikidata

  1. Inky

    Inky was a police dog who appeared in the British police drama Softly, Softly: Taskforce during 1969-70. His handler was PC Snow, played by Terence Rigby. He is remembered for a minor stir he caused on British television. The scriptwriter wanted to show something of the dangers police officers sometimes faced in their work, but thought it might upset the viewers if one of the characters was killed, so he wrote an episode where the police dog was shot and killed by a gunman. Some viewers were upset by this episode, and shortly after Inky appeared on the children's programme Blue Peter to assure children who had seen the programme that he was all right. Inky's replacement on the programme was Radar.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of inky in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of inky in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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