jet-black
See also: jet black
English
Etymology
From jet + black.
Noun
jet-black (uncountable)
- Coal-black; the blackest black.
Alternative forms
- jet black
Translations
the blackest black
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Adjective
jet-black (comparative more jet-black, superlative most jet-black)
- Pitch-black; of the blackest black.
- 1842, Alfred Tennyson, “The Day-Dream. The Sleeping Palace.”, in Poems. […], volume II, London: Edward Moxon, […], OCLC 1008064829, page 152:
- Year after year unto her feet, / She lying on her couch alone, / Across the purpled coverlet, / The maiden's jet-black hair has grown, […]
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Translations
of the blackest black — see pitch-black