fuligin

== English == === Etymology === From Italian fuliggine. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfjuːlə.d͡ʒɪn/ === Noun === fuligin (uncountable) soot, lampblack. a hypothetical colour darker than black. 2001, “Richard Horton” (username), “REVIEW: Vernor Vinge’s ‘Across Realtime’” “I'm wearing black only until I find something darker.” — “Fuligin, Mark. Fuligin.” 2003, “Mike Andrews” (username), “hosteurope blackhat?” More like fuligin: darker than an event horizon. === Adjective === fuligin (not comparable) fuliginous; sooty or black. of the colour fuligin.