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What does the noun darkness mean? There are 11 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun darkness, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. darkness has developed meanings and uses in subjects including.
1. the state or quality of being dark. The room was in total darkness. 2. absence or deficiency of light. the darkness of night. 3. wickedness or evil. Satan, the prince of darkness. 4. obscurity; concealment. The darkness of the metaphor destroyed its effectiveness. 5. lack of knowledge or enlightenment. heathen darkness. 6.
'into the darkness' seems to imply that there is some specific darkness that is being entered - 'the darkness of the night', 'the all-consuming darkness of a black hole', 'the darkness of the soul', etc.
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This dictionary originally started in 2012 from entries compiled from Hisweloke's Sindarin-English dictionary, without whose original work this project would have taken a lot longer to complete and I am grateful to the creator. Words marked with a * have been deduced (attested only in compounds or other words). Words marked with a † have been nor...
abst. adj. adv. arch. augm. by ext. card. conj. coll. dim. fem. imp. interj. masc. Mil. n. N. num. ord. pl. poet. pp. pref. prep. pron. rel. sing. v. abstract adjective adverb archaic augmented by extension cardinal conjunction collective diminutive feminine imperative interjection masculine military noun indicates an earlier variant of a word (Nol...
aged n. iphant agile adj. celeg ago adv. io after prep.pref ab- again adv. adui against prep. dan ah! interj. ai! Ainu n. rodon air (as a tune) n. lind air (as substance) n. gwelu air (as a region) n. gwilith air, lower n. gwelwen alas interj. nae Aldebaran n. borgil alive I adj. cuin alive II v. cuina- all adj. pân II allegiance, hold v. buia- all...
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the state of being dark, without any light. After a few minutes our eyes got used to the darkness. The house was plunged into total darkness when the electricity was cut off. The sun went down and darkness fell (= it became night). There is an extra hour of darkness on winter mornings.
