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Main Entry:: ¹ink
Pronunciation:: \ˈiŋk\
Function:: noun
Usage:: often attributive
Etymology:: Middle English enke, from Anglo-French encre, enke, from Late Latin encaustum, from neuter of Latin encaustus burned in, from Greek enkaustos, verbal of enkaiein to burn in — more at encaustic
Date:: 13th century

1: a colored usually liquid material for writing and printing2: the black protective secretion of a cephalopod3slang : publicity 2d

— ink·i·ness

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\ˈiŋ-kē-nəs\ noun

— inky

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\ˈiŋ-kē\ adjective

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