ebon /ˈɛbən/adjective 3noun 1forms 3 adjective3 •(literary) Black in colour. •(offensive, literary) Having dark skin; black.Woona had silently and swiftly backed away; and her ebon face, Ursula saw, had changed into leaden flabbiness with some horrible fear. — 1907 •(literary) Made of ebony.“A stranger knight,” sayd he, “unknowne by name, / But knowne by fame, and by an Hebene speare […].” — 1596 noun1 •(literary) Ebony; an ebony tree. formsebons · more ebon · most ebon
