Meaning
The state of having no light at all.
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Word origin
From Old English deorcnes, formed from deorc, the old word for dark.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- deorc
- English cognates
- dark, darken
Examples
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"In darkness" means with no light.
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Here "darkness" is the dark space outside.
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"Darkness" has no plural, so we do not say "darknesses".
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