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darkness

[ dahrk-nis ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the state or quality of being dark:
The room was in total darkness.
absence or deficiency of light:
the darkness of night.
wickedness or evil:
Satan, the prince of darkness.
obscurity; concealment:
The darkness of the metaphor destroyed its effectiveness.
lack of knowledge or enlightenment:
heathen darkness.
lack of sight; blindness.

First recorded before 1050; Middle English derknesse, Old English deorcnysse; equivalent to dark + -ness

And then that chorus kicks in, and the young lady formerly known as Lizzy Grant transforms into the princess of darkness.

“Light trumps darkness, hope beats despair, grace wins over sin, love defeats hate, life conquers death,” the cardinal said.

The city of Stanleyville—now called Kisangani—was a majestic port city as deep as one can go into the Heart of Darkness.

But when the darkness closes in, we actually run to fairy tales and fables.

He was kept in total darkness, kept cold, had music blasted at him and was shackled and hooded.

A few, very few, little dots had run back over that green patch—the others had passed down into the world of darkness.

In the darkness and confusion I did not distinguish the face of the man who rendered me this assistance.

The sudden pall of darkness in this strange house of mystery was just a tiny bit awesome.

Thus night fell, and darkness settled down about him, relieved only by the red glow of the logs smouldering on the hearth.

He thus decoyed them away, and the fortunate couple were enabled to reach the British lines under cover of the darkness.

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