nigrification

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act or process of making black.

Word forms

nigrification

Etymology

From Latin nigrificare (“to blacken”), from niger (“black”) + -ficare (“to make”, in comparative). See -fy.

Related words

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