Negroness

noun

Negroness

noun

Etymology From Negro + -ness.

1

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

  • [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:

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