ənˈʰwaɪt, -ˈwaɪt adjective
1.
displaying only black and white tones; without color, as a picture or chart: a black-and-white photograph.
2.
partly black and partly white; made up of separate areas or design elements of black and white: black-and-white shoes.
3.
of, pertaining to, or constituting a two-valued system, as of logic or morality; absolute: To those who think in black-and-white terms, a person must be either entirely good or entirely bad.
Origin:
1590–1600
1590–1600
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| black-and-white | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. a photograph, picture, sketch, etc, in black, white, and shades of grey rather than in colour |
| b. (as modifier): black-and-white film | |
| 2. | Compare colour the neutral tones of black, white, and intermediate shades of grey |
| 3. | in black and white |
| a. in print or writing | |
| b. in extremes: he always saw things in black and white | |
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Black-and-white
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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| Part of Speech: | n |
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