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nigrify

[nig-ruh-fahy]

verb (used with object)

nigrified, nigrifying 
  1. to blacken.



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Other Word Forms

  • nigrification noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of nigrify1

First recorded 1650–60; from Latin nigrificāre “to make black, blacken,” equivalent to nigr- (stem of niger ) “black” + -i- connecting vowel + -ficāre verbal suffix; -i-, -fy

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