Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

negroism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ne-gro-ism
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A behaviour, speech pattern, etc. characteristic of black people.

Dated; Offensive

Example Sentences

"Most white children have negresses for nurses, and negro children for playmates. The first accents are caught from them, and the first efforts of speech are negroisms, the most corrupt of patoise."
"When I pitched headforemost into the world I landed in the crib of negroism. From the earliest rocking of my cradle, I had known about the capers Brer Rabbit is apt to cut and what the Squinch Owl says from the house top."

Etymology

From negro + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: negro

Usage

Inflected Forms

negroisms (plural)

Questions

What does negroism mean?: A behaviour, speech pattern, etc. characteristic of black people.
Where does negroism come from?: From negro + -ism.

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