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Definition of Nigritude
1. n. Blackness; the state of being black.
Definition of Nigritude
1. Noun. blackness; the state of being black ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nigritude
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nigritude
Literary usage of Nigritude
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"nigritude, blackness. I like to meet a sweep, . . . one of those tender novices
blooming through their first ..."
2. Chosen English: Selections from Wordsworth, Byron, Shelley, Lamb, Scott by Adele Ellis (1896)
"4. nigritude t one of those Latin-English words which Lamb coins so quaintly here
and there. 'nigritude' is from Lat. niger, black, ..."
3. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1850)
"When the fire of an invading army shall nave warmed that colourless fluid into
the nigritude of fact, then—but not till then—with blinded eyes, and gnashing ..."
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