Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. The dark grey colour seen by the eyes in perfect darkness, as a result of signals from the optic nerves.
Etymologies
- From German Eigengrau ‘intrinsic grey’. (Wiktionary)
Examples
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘eigengrau’.
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colourful
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good ones
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#termsfromtoday
I'm always entertained by the terms @immerito tweets using the hashtag #termsfromtoday. As best I can tell, the tag emerged in mid 2011 after a brief flirtation with an alternate hashtag form. You'...
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Manji's Random Wordlist
The title says it all
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froseph's list
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