NIGREDITY NOUN blackness ...1547 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from Latin nigrēdō (blackness ) from nigr-, niger (black) + -ēdō, (suffix forming nouns) + -ity FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1547 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...y it is impossible to make whole them the which be sicke in whose vrines any nygredytie or blacknes hathe dominion..." From: The Breuiary of Helthe - Andrew Borde
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