a.; also 7 attrim-. [repr. L. *ātrāmentōs-us, f. ātrāment-um: see above, and -OUS.] Inky, ink-like, black as ink.
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., 336. The second way whereby bodies become black, is an Atramentous condition.
1669. W. Simpson, Hydrol. Chym., 38. Not that the solution of Nitre or Salt, contributed anything to this attrimentous curdling.
1683. Phil. Trans., XIV. 489. [Brine] becomes Atramentous with galls.
1713. Derham, Phys.-Theol., IV. ii. 92. Snails send out their Eyes … like atramentous spots, fixed at the end of their Horns.
