What is the Latin word for blackness?

The usual Latin words for “blackness” are nigritia, nigror, nigritūdō; also foeditās, immānitās. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“blackness” in Latin

nigritiablackness, black color nigrorblackness nigritūdōblackness foeditāsfoulness, filthiness; horridness, hideousness, ugliness, deformity immānitāsimmensity, vastness, excess; monstrousness, enormity, fierceness, cruelty, barbarism, savageness, inhumanity, frightfuln

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

blackness

nigritia; nigror, nigritudo, color niger.

Moral, atrocitias, foeditas, immanitas.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for blackness?: The usual Latin words for “blackness” are nigritia, nigror, nigritūdō; also foeditās, immānitās. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.