Negrito

American  

[ni-gree-toh] / nɪˈgri toʊ /

noun

plural

Negritos, Negritoes

1. a member of any of various Indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.

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Negrito British  

/ nɪˈɡriːtəʊ /

noun

1. a member of any of various dwarfish Negroid peoples of SE Asia and Melanesia

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Etymology

Origin of Negrito

First recorded in 1760–70; from Spanish negrito, equivalent to negr(o) “black” + -ito, diminutive suffix; cf. Negrillo ( def. )

Example Sentences

In the interview, Fantastic Negrito walked a long and winding road to blues stardom.

From Slate • Aug. 1, 2019

The bone was clearly petite, comparable in size to the foot bones of the small-bodied Negrito people who live on Luzon today.

From Scientific American • Apr. 11, 2019

The program extends beyond country, with the venerable blues guitarist Buddy Guy performing, along with the genre-straddling blues and R&B singer Fantastic Negrito and the Southern rock singer Jason Isbell and others.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2018

Fantastic Negrito, whose given name is Xavier Amin Dhrepaulezz, channeled this murder ballad’s sense of desperation for people whose life circumstances push them beyond the limits of their endurance.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2017

The Semang Negritos persisted as hunter-gatherers trading with neighboring farmers but adopted an Austroasiatic language from those farmers—much as, we shall see, Philippine Negrito and African Pygmy hunter-gatherers adopted languages from their farmer trading partners.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond