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ebon

noun
/ˈɛbən/

Etymology

From Old French eban (modern ébène), from Latin ebenus, from Ancient Greek ἔβενος (ébenos, “ebony tree”).

  1. derived from ἔβενος — “ebony tree”
  2. derived from ebenus
  3. derived from eban

Definitions

  1. Ebony

    Ebony; an ebony tree.

  2. Made of ebony.

    • “A stranger knight,” sayd he, “unknowne by name, / But knowne by fame, and by an Hebene speare […].”
    • Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne, / In rayless majesty, now stretches forth / Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumb'ring world.

  3. Black in colour.

    • ...flowers stood beside, in an alabaster vase—exotics, that say, "our growth has been precious." A lute leant against the ebon stand; but the face of the lady wore the expression of deep and touching sorrow.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Having dark skin

      Having dark skin; black.

      • Woona had silently and swiftly backed away; and her ebon face, Ursula saw, had changed into leaden flabbiness with some horrible fear.

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Derived

ebonly

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ebon. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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