Meanings
Africaness1
nounAfricaness (uncountable)
- alternativeuncountableAlternative spelling of Africanness.
Africaness2
nounAfricaness (plural Africanesses)
plural Africanesses
- rareA female African.
The table was elegant with glass, silver, and flowers ; the viands were the creation of one of those round, greasy Africanesses, who are born to the gridiron not less indubitably than a poet to the lyre
1874 Holden with the Cords - Page 227 and 1875 The Young Englishwoman - Page 426 and 1876 Holden with the cords, by W.M.L. Jay - Page 167
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Africaness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Africaness
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“Africaness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Africaness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Africaness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Africaness.
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