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Negritic

[ ni-grit-ik ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to Black people or to the Negritos.


Negritic

/ nɪˈɡrɪtɪk /

adjective

  1. relating to the Negroes or the Negritos
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • non-Ne·gritic adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Negritic1

First recorded in 1875–80; Negrit(o) + -ic
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Example Sentences

He believes they differ from Australians in being "basically negritic in their genetic composition as a result of the rain forest environment."

Be this as it may, we have never denied this or any other abstract possibility of negritic evolution.

Stature, curly hair, short head, and broad, flat nose—these are all negritic characters, as is also the hairiness of the face and body.

Three men whom I measured had a stature exceeding the Negrito but in other respects were Negritic.

I have no measurements of these people, but the appearance of nearly every individual in their communities is Negritic rather than Malayan.

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