pitch-dark

[pich-dahrk]

adjective

1. dark or black as pitch.

   a pitch-dark night.

pitch-dark

adjective

1. extremely or completely dark

Other Word Forms

• pitch-darkness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of pitch-dark¹

First recorded in 1820–30

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