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niggery

/ˈnɪɡəɹi/

niggery adjective: of or like a nigger.

Adjective

niggery (comparative more niggery, superlative most niggery)

  1. (derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur) Of or like a nigger.
    • She remembered the hot sun, the soft red earth under her sick head, the niggery smell of the cabin behind the ruins of Twelve Oaks, remembered the refrain her heart had beaten […]1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC
    • […] hearing only voodoo incantations and wicked spells and niggery maledictions and sorcery thrown his way.2004, Aidan Higgins, A Bestiality, page 499

Synonyms of niggery

Forms of niggery

comparativemore niggery
superlativemost niggery

Origin of niggery

From nigger + -y.

Questions about niggery

What does niggery mean?
Niggery means of or like a nigger.
What part of speech is niggery?
Niggery is an adjective.
How do you pronounce niggery?
Niggery is pronounced /ˈnɪɡəɹi/.

Words near niggery in the dictionary

  1. niggertry
  2. Niggerville
  3. niggerweed
  4. niggerwhine
  5. niggerwhines
  6. niggery
  7. niggeryard
  8. niggeryards
  9. nigget
  10. niggetry
  11. niggets

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