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nigritude

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
nigri-tude
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Blackness; the state of being black.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin nigritūdō, from niger (“black”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

nigritudes (plural)

Derived Forms

nigritudinous

Questions

What does nigritude mean?
Blackness; the state of being black.
Where does nigritude come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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