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ebon

[ eb-uhn ]

adjective



ebon

/ ˈɛ²úÉ™²Ô /

noun

  1. a poetic word for ebony
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of ebon1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English eban, ebyn “e²ú´Ç²Ô²â,†Anglo-French eban(ne), Old French eban, ebaine, from Medieval Latin ebanus, for Latin (h)ebenus, from Greek é²ú±ð²Ô´Ç²õ, of Semitic origin, perhaps Egyptian hbny
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of ebon1

C14: from Latin hebenus; see ebony
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Pain, shame, ire, impatience, disgust, detestation, seemed momentarily to hold a quivering conflict in the large pupil dilating under his ebon eyebrow.

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Before them a pale lord in ebon finery sat dreaming in a tangled nest of roots, a woven weirwood throne that embraced his withered limbs as a mother does a child.

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“And the sedge—we’ve dyed it, you know—is it the proper gray and ebon?â€

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He laid his hands upon my shoulders, our two heads encompassed by the mirror; my ebon frock-coat glistening anew in the candlelight.

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Along the quay are ranged the quaint native lighters with their half-naked ebon crews.

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