noun
- The quality or state of being black or dark in color.
- Darkness or gloom, especially in a figurative or moral sense.
Usage: archaic; literary
Usage: archaic; literary
Examples
- The nigritude of the night sky was broken only by distant stars.
- Medieval writers often used nigritude as a metaphor for evil or despair.
- The painting's nigritude created an atmosphere of mystery and foreboding.
- In older texts, nigritude referred to the deepest darkness before dawn.