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In literature, the term "atramentous" is employed to evoke a sense of profound darkness and intensity. For instance, one narrative portrays a character whose face is described as having an "atramentous" quality, implying a deep, almost otherworldly blackness that heightens his mysterious persona [1]. Additionally, the word is closely related to expressions like "inky" and its variants, deepening its association with rich, dark hues that permeate the descriptive language of the text [2].
  1. Something almost resembling a ruddy colour came into the atramentous face of Black Heinrich as he listened to this rating of himself in his own hall.
    — from Tekla: A Romance of Love and War by Robert Barr
  2. inky , a. atramentous, atramental, atramentarious.
    — from Putnam's Word Book A Practical Aid in Expressing Ideas Through the Use of an Exact and Varied Vocabulary by Louis A. (Louis Andrew) Flemming

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