negroid
negroid adjective: pertaining to a racial classification of humanity including people indigenous to sub-Saharan Africa and their diaspora in other parts of the world.
Adjective
negroid (comparative more negroid, superlative most negroid)
- Pertaining to a racial classification of humanity including people indigenous to sub-Saharan Africa and their diaspora in other parts of the world.
- They were human and yet not human. I should say that they were a little higher in the scale of evolution than Ahm, possibly occupying a place of evolution between that of the Neanderthal man and what is known as the Grimaldi race. Their features were distinctly negroid, though their skins were...1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter VIII, in Hugo Gernsback, editor...
- The nose was wide without being particularly negroid. The nostrils did not gape at you.1954, Ian Fleming, “Mister Big”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 64
Noun (1)
negroid (plural negroids)
- A person with characteristics of Africans, particularly coiled hair and dark skin.
- "Round-headed," he muttered. "Brachycephalic, gray-eyed, black-haired, with suggestion of the negroid. Celtic, I presume?"1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
Noun (2) capitalized: Negroid
Negroid (plural Negroids)
- Alternative letter-case form of negroid.
negroid meaning in Thai
negroid in Thai
- of the negroid race
- นิกรอยด์ ní-grɔɔi
- a person with negroid characteristics
- นิกรอยด์ ní-grɔɔi
Forms of negroid
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more negroid |
| superlative | most negroid |
| alternative form | Negroid |
| Noun | |
| plural | negroids |
| plural | Negroids |
Origin of negroid
From negro + -oid.
Words formed from negroid
Questions about negroid
- What does negroid mean?
- Negroid means pertaining to a racial classification of humanity including people indigenous to sub-Saharan Africa and their diaspora in other parts of the world.
- What is negroid in Thai?
- Negroid in Thai is นิกรอยด์ (ní-grɔɔi). See Negroid meaning in Thai.
- What part of speech is negroid?
- Negroid can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near negroid in the dictionary
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