Meaning of Inkblot | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A blot of ink.
2. A dark, shapeless object.
   figuratively
3. Any of the pictures used as stimuli in the Rorschach test.

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Examples

“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.”

“In the morning he watched with unseeing eyes the headland come out a shapeless inkblot against the thin light of the false dawn, ...”

“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.”

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