nigrify

[ nig-ruh-fahy ]

verb (used with object),nig·ri·fied, nig·ri·fy·ing.
  1. to blacken.

Origin of nigrify

1
First recorded 1650–60; from Latin nigrificāre “to make black, blacken,” equivalent to nigr- (stem of niger ) “black” + -i- connecting vowel + -ficāre verbal suffix; see -i-, -fy

Other words from nigrify

  • nig·ri·fi·ca·tion, noun

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