Etymological root
blæc
Old English
Words from this root(7)
black
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/blæk/
Of the darkest colour, like the night sky with no light.
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blacken
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/ˈblækən/
to make or become black or dark; to defame
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blackguard
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/ˈblæɡɑrd/
an unprincipled, contemptible scoundrel
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blackball
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/ˈblækbɔl/
to reject or exclude someone, especially by voting against their membership
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blackcoat
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/ˈblækkoʊt/
archaic term for a clergyman, from the black clerical garb
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blacksmith
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/ˈblæksmɪθ/
a metalworker who forges and shapes iron with a hammer and anvil
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blackwash
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/ˈblækwɑʃ/
to defame or expose discreditable facts about someone; the opposite of whitewash
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