Definition of Negroisms

1. negroism [n] - See also: negroism

Lexicographical Neighbors of Negroisms

negritic
negrito
negritude
negritudes
negro
negro peach
negro pepper
negro spiritual
negro vine
negroes
negroid
negroid race
negroidal
negroids
negroism
negroisms (current term)
negrolike
negroni
negronis
negrophil
negrophils
negrophobe
negrophobes
negrophobia
negrophobias
negs
negus
neguses
nehiloth
neibor

Literary usage of Negroisms

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association by American philological association (1885)
"... caught from his surroundings and wrought up by him into the wonderful figure-speech specimens of which will be given later under the head of negroisms. ..."

2. A History of the New York Stage from the First Performance in 1732 to 1901 by Thomas Allston Brown (1903)
"... Virginia breakdown by Jem Rice; A. St. John and W. Stillman in "negroisms;" "The Rendezvous," under the fanciful title of "The Spectre of the Heath, ..."

3. The History of the Negro Church by Carter Godwin Woodson (1921)
"His English was remarkably pure, containing no 'negroisms'; his manner was impressive, his explanations clear and concise, and his views, as I then thought ..."

4. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"(8) negroisms. (9) Peculiarities of pronunciation. Accepting for the present this arrangement, we may cite as examples of archaisms, fall, for autumn, ..."

5. Music: A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Art, Science, Technic and by William Smythe Babcock Mathews (1900)
"It is better for the associations which the old-time songs awaken. The negroisms of the "Suwanee River" and "My Old Kentucky Home," with their beautiful, ..."

6. Public Education in the South by Edgar Wallace Knight (1922)
"His English was said to be remarkable for its purity and its freedom from "negroisms," and his manner was impressive. He had a rare knowledge of Greek and ..."

7. Camps in the Rockies: Being a Narrative of Life on the Frontier, and Sport by William Adolph Baillie-Grohman (1910)
"The fellow was a Hoosier (native of Indiana), and his language was the strangest mixture of Pennsylvania Dutch and Kentucky negroisms, and a liberal ..."

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