blackity-black

== English == === Alternative forms === blackity black, blackedy black, blackedy-black === Etymology === Uncertain. Perhaps from blackedy (“characteristically black”) +‎ black, with reduplication serving to intensify or stress the focus on being black (i.e. African-American); blackedy being equivalent to blacked +‎ -y; or alternatively a corruption of blackedly black. Compare blacked up. For the spelling with -ity, see -ety, -ity. === Adjective === blackity-black (comparative more blackity-black, superlative most blackity-black) (slang, of persons) Typifying characteristic traits (e.g. physical, cultural, linguistic, etc.) of African-American blacks, especially in defiant contrast to those of whites or white-favouring blacks; quintessentially or characteristically black ==== Derived terms ==== blackity-black black pro-blackity-black