blackwater

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see also: Blackwater

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Noun

blackwater (uncountable)

1. Water containing loam, tannins, etc., giving it a very dark appearance. [from 15th c.]
2. Blackwater fever; malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum. [from 19th c.]
   • 1954, Doris Lessing, A Proper Marriage, HarperPerennial 1995, p. 155:

     She began talking of the way they had died – blackwater, malaria, a neglected appendix.

3. Waste from domestic toilets; water containing fecal matter. [from 20th c.]

Synonyms

• (waste water likely to contain fecal matter) brown water, foul water, sewage

Translations

• French: eaux noires
• German: Schwarzwasser
• Italian: acqua di scolo, acque nere
• Portuguese: esgoto
• Russian: фека́льный отхо́д
• Spanish: agua negra

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Blackwater

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Proper noun

1. Surname used by the Navajo people.
2. A river in Essex, England, which flows into the North Sea at Bradwell.
3. Any of several rivers in Ireland.

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