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nigritude

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nig⋅ri⋅tude

[nig-ri-tood, -tyood, nahy-gri-]
–noun
complete darkness or blackness.

Origin:
1645–55; < L nigritūdō blackness, black color, equiv. to nigr- (s. of niger) black + -i- -i- + -tūdō -tude
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