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ebon (n.)
early 15c., "ebony wood, ebony tree," from Old French
ebene
or directly from Latin
ebenus
(see
ebony
). As an adjective, "made of ebony," from 1590s. Figurative sense of "dark, black" is from 1590s; in some cases a poetic shortening of
ebony
.