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blackwater

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree English black Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Germanic *watōr Proto-West Germanic *watar Old English wæter Middle English water English water English blackwater From black + water.

  1. inherited from *wódr̥✻ — “water”
  2. inherited from *watōr✻ — “water”
  3. inherited from *watar✻
  4. inherited from wæter — “water”
  5. inherited from water
  6. compounded as blackwater — “black + water”

Definitions

  1. Water, especially in a river or other body of water, that has a naturally dark appearance.

  2. Blackwater fever

    Blackwater fever; malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum.

    • She began talking of the way they had died – blackwater, malaria, a neglected appendix.

  3. Waste from domestic toilets

    Waste from domestic toilets; water containing fecal matter.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A surname from Navajo used by the Navajo people.

    2. A place or river in England

      A place or river in England:

    3. Any of several rivers in Ireland

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA