swartness

Meanings

• adjective

  The quality or color of something that is very dark, especially of skin that is dark brown or black.

  - "The sun set behind the swartness of the mountains."
  - "His swartness contrasted with the fairness of his companions."

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Variants

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swart , swartness , swartnesses

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Etymology

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From Old English swart, swartness, meaning 'black, dark'.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'swart' comes from the Old English word 'swart', meaning 'black, dark'.

2. In the Middle Ages, 'swart' was used to describe dark-skinned people from Africa, the Middle East, and India.

3. The term 'swart' was also used in the 16th and 17th centuries to describe dark-skinned Moors in Spain.

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Related Concepts

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1. blackness: Related concept, synonymous with 'swartness', referring to the quality or color of being black.

2. melanin: A pigment that determines the color of skin, hair, and eyes in humans and other organisms. 'Swartness' is a result of high levels of eumelanin, a type of melanin.

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Culture

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In literature, 'swartness' has been used to describe characters with dark skin, often in contrast to lighter-skinned characters. In music, the term 'swart' has been used in the name of a jazz standard, 'Swart', composed by Dizzy Gillespie.

How to Memorize "swartness"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a very dark or black object, such as a raven or a coal mine, to associate with the meaning of 'swartness'.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'swartness' with words like 'darkness', 'blackness', or 'melanin'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering the sentence: 'Swartness starts with S, and means something that's very dark, like a starless night'.

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