Main Entry: ¹ink

Pronunciation: \ˈiŋk\

Function: noun

Usage: often attributive

Etymology: Middle English enke, from Anglo-French encre, enke, from Late Latin encaustum, from neuter of Latin encaustus burned in, from Greek enkaustos, verbal of enkaiein to burn in — more at encaustic

Date: 13th century

1 : a colored usually liquid material for writing and printing
2 : the black protective secretion of a cephalopod
3 slang : publicity 2d

— ink·i·ness \ˈiŋ-kē-nəs\ noun

— inky \ˈiŋ-kē\ adjective