Negroness

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noun

The state of quality of being of black African origin, or of having qualities, experiences etc. characteristic of black people.

First used 20th c.Scrabble 10
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Meanings

nounNegroness (uncountable)
  1. USuncountableThe state of quality of being of black African origin, or of having qualities, experiences etc. characteristic of black people.First known use 20th c.

    [S]he was cruel to those more negroid than herself in direct ratio to their negroness.

    1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Amistad, published 2013, page 144

Origin

From Negro + -ness.

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Chicago

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