niggerish
niggerish adjective: like or characteristic of a nigger.
Adjective
niggerish (comparative more niggerish, superlative most niggerish)
- 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
- Synonyms:
- niggeresque, niggerlike, niggery
Noun
niggerish (uncountable)
- 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)
- You all seem really fucked-up, talking niggerish and all--'taken care
Examples of niggerish in a sentence
- 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:
- 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:
Synonyms of niggerish
Forms of niggerish
| comparative | more niggerish |
|---|---|
| superlative | most niggerish |
Origin of niggerish
From nigger + -ish. Piecewise doublet of niggeresque.
Words formed from niggerish
Questions about niggerish
- What does niggerish mean?
- Niggerish means like or characteristic of a nigger.
- How do you use niggerish in a sentence?
- In a voice dripping with sarcasm, Bernhard related, "Mariah's been getting a little niggerish on us... she been seeing those rap stars..."
- What part of speech is niggerish?
- Niggerish can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near niggerish in the dictionary
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