Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

darkskin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dark-skin
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A black person who has relatively dark-coloured skin.

Example Sentences

"I know that the majority of us who are dark skinned and living on this reservation are not in favor of it. You don't notice too many here because the darkskins are out picking apples in the Valley of Okanogan, or elsewhere, and they are working."

Etymology

From dark + skin.

Inflected Forms

darkskins (plural)

Antonyms

lightskin

Questions

What does darkskin mean?: A black person who has relatively dark-coloured skin.
Where does darkskin come from?: From dark + skin.

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