derknesse

Etymology
From ; equivalent to.

Noun

 * 1) darkness (absence of light)
 * 2) * late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Second Nun's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 383-385:
 * "enm"

- [...] ‘Now, Cristes owene knightes leve and dere, Caste alle awey the werkes of derknesse, And armeth yow in armure of brightnesse.’


 * 1) darkness (dark colouration)
 * 2) sightlessness, blindness
 * 3) error, immorality
 * 4) ignorance, non-understanding
 * 5) gloominess, depression
 * 6)  figurativeness, opaqueness