adjective
jetty
Deep black in color.
Her jetty hair shone against the white collar.
Etymology
The adjective compares a color with jet, the lustrous black material. Jetty describes the same deep darkness, rather than anything related to a landing structure.
More examples
- The poet described the raven's jetty wings.
- A jetty ribbon darkened the pale silk bonnet.
- He admired the horse's glossy, jetty coat.
Forms
jetty
Similar words
- black
- Black is the ordinary color word; jetty is a literary description of deep blackness.
- inky
- Inky compares darkness to ink; jetty compares it to jet.