niggerish

adj, noun — 2 senses

niggerish

adj

Etymology From nigger + -ish. Piecewise doublet of niggeresque.

1

Derogatory, Ethnic, Offensive, Slur, Vulgar Like or characteristic of a nigger.

  • So when I say that my Auntie's piety was not of the niggerish kind...1866, The Atlantic Monthly:
  • [T]hey should specially avoid the fanatics who […] have temporarily changed a federal republic into a sort of niggerish monarchy or empire […]1886, Michael Magaul, Eli Robinson McCall, No-history Versus No-war or The Great Tootle Rebellion Exposed, page 261:
2 more examples
  • She told him in her native Virginia mountain-area dialect: "That's what ah said. Ah don't like these niggerish places."1958, “Talking About”, in Jet, volume 14, number 3, page 47:
  • In a voice dripping with sarcasm, Bernhard related, "Mariah's been getting a little niggerish on us... she been seeing those rap stars..."2002, Loretta I Winters, Herman L DeBose, New faces in a changing America:
Derived terms
niggerishly, niggerishness

niggerish

noun

Etymology From nigger + -ish. Piecewise doublet of niggeresque.

1

US, Colloquial, Derogatory, Ethnic, Offensive, Slur, Vulgar African-American Vernacular English.

  • You all seem really fucked-up, talking niggerish and all--'taken care of' means ELIMINATION thru DEADLY MEANS! SEE its POLL @ goodbuddytoil on YAHOO.2006 August 22, goodbu...@gmail.com, “POLLING”, in alt.music.white-power (Usenet):
  • But the good news is he's gonna make us all learn Spanish and Niggerish and I figure when we are called to arms being able to tell the Beaners and the Nappy Power Rangers what we think so they can understand it is a good thing.2008 November 21, Patriot Games, “FISCALLY IRRESPONSIBLE GEORGE W BUSH AND REPUBLICANS-FINANCIAL CRISIS IS NOT THE DEMS FAULT!”, in alt.politics (Usenet):
1 more example
  • One boy claims he speaks “niggerish." Whatever they are speaking I do not understand, which is good.2015, Evelyn Uddin-Khan, The Other Side of Teaching:

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