Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for A-TRA-MENT-A'RI-OUS
A-TRA-MENT'AL, or A-TA-MENT'OUSA-TRIP'
A-TRA-MENT-A'RI-OUS, a.
Like ink; suitable for making ink. The sulphate of iron, or green copperas, is called atramentarious, as being the material of ink. – Fourcroy.
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