Ebony vs Inky - What's the difference?
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A hard, heavy, deep black wood from various subtropical and tropical trees, especially of the genus Diospyros .
A tree that yields such wood.
A deep, dark black colour.
(slang) A black key on a piano or other keyboard instrument
Made of ebony wood.
A deep, dark black colour.
Dark-skinned; black; especially in reference to African-Americans
* 1864 , George Adams Fisher, The Yankee conscript: or, Eighteen months in Dixie
* 1931 , Catherine MacFarlane Carswell, The life of Robert Burns
* 2004', "Alyssa", '''''Ebony Girls Need Attention'' (on newsgroup ''alt.sex.escorts )
of the colour of ink, especially black ink; dark.
* 1912 : (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 6
spattered or stained with ink
Ebony is a related term of inky.
As a proper noun ebony
is .As an adjective inky is
of the colour of ink, especially black ink; dark.ebony
English
(wikipedia ebony)Noun
(en-noun)Derived terms
* Ceylon ebony * India ebony * Jamaican ebony * West Indian ebonyAdjective
(en adjective)ebony colour:
- He called the ebony mistress of the establishment to him, and speaking to her kindly and winningly, as any dutiful husband should, told her to make the change, which she did.
- No attempt was made in her new home to discontinue or even to conceal the presence of an ebony mistress and a thriving family of little mulattoes...
- Want to watch my gorgeous ebony friend, Almond Joy, naked and online 24/7? She recently ended a long-term relationship and is now fully enjoying being a 25 year-old single gal in Beverly Hills.
See also
* calamander * cocuswood * tendu *Anagrams
*inky
English
Adjective
(er)- Tenderly she bore him back through the inky jungle to where the tribe lay, and for many days and nights she sat guard beside him, bringing him food and water, and brushing the flies and other insects from his cruel wounds.
