Etymology

nigritude

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Today it means: Blackness; the state of being black. Full definition →

Latin nigritūdō
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  1. Latin · derived fromnigritūdō
  2. English todaynigritude

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

Words from the same roots

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nigritudinous

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