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infuscation
CIDE DICTIONARY
infuscation, n.
The act of darkening, or state of being dark; darkness; obscurity. Johnson. [1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
infuscation
Blackness
N blackness darkness, (want of light), swartliness, lividity, dark color, tone, color, chiaroscuro, nigrification, infuscation, jet, ink, ebony, coal pitch, soot, charcoal, sloe, smut, raven, crow, negro, blackamoor, man of color, nigger, darkie, Ethiop, black, buck, nigger, coon, sambo, lampblack, ivory black, blueblack, writing ink, printing ink, printer's ink, Indian ink, India ink, in mourning.For further exploring for "infuscation" in Webster Dictionary Online