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darkness (iou)



darkness noun. OE.
[from DARK adjective + -NESS.]
Partial or total absence of light. OE.
fig. Lack of spiritual or intellectual light; wickedness, evil; ignorance. ME.
Prince of Darkness Satan, the Devil.
Addison The Darkness and Superstition of later Ages.
b. Death. LME.
The quality of being dark in hue or colour. LME.
Blindness, dimness of sight. Now chiefly poet. LME.
Tennyson His eyes..Were shrivell'd into darkness in his head.
Unhappiness, distress, gloom. LME.
Shelley The darkness of deepest dismay.
Secrecy, mystery; obscurity. LME.