Dictionary

inkblot en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɪŋkˌblɑt/ (Canada)

Etymology

From ink + blot.

Meanings

1. A blot of ink.
   • A note from Deller with five pencil sketches attached of the new trade figures for Brittlekin -- two bloated looking children with inkblot eyes looking greedily at an enormous bar of peanut candy. 1922, Stephen Vincent Benét, Young People's Pride:
2. (figuratively) A dark, shapeless object.
   • In the morning he watched with unseeing eyes the headland come out a shapeless inkblot against the thin light of the false dawn, ... 1916, Joseph Conrad, Within the Tides:
3. Any of the pictures used as stimuli in the Rorschach test.
   • Look, I know that I have to do this, and I'll cooperate, and I'll look at your inkblots and everything, but I don't wanna talk about my life or my childhood or... anything, for that matter, actually. 1998, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV, episode 3.04)

Forms

Deriveds

inkblot test

Relateds

blotter · klecksography · inkpot

Synonyms

inkdrop · inkspot