LekhoriLekhoriThe state or quality of being black in colour.
The blackness of outer space comes from the lack of anything to reflect light rather than the absence of light.
Any space that such colour pervades.
Out of the blackness came some flickers of light.
Alternative letter-case form of blackness (“state of being of African descent; culture of African-Americans”).
It is Blackless, hence it shares that very quality, Blacklessness, with Whiteness; and it is Whiteless, hence it shares Whitelessness with Blackness.
A suburb of Dundee, City of Dundee council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO3830).
A small coastal village in Falkirk council area, Scotland; a nearby headland is named Black Ness (OS grid ref NT0580).
A hamlet in Westham parish, Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ6104).
Inherited from Middle English blaknesse, equivalent to black + -ness. Sense 5 most likely both originated from the masque The Masque of Blackness by Ben Jonson and later changed to its current positiv...
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