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nigritudes

nigritudes is the plural of nigritude.

Meaning of nigritude

Noun

nigritude (countable and uncountable, plural nigritudes)

  1. (potentially offensive) Blackness; the state of being black.
    • I like to meet a sweep—understand me—not a grown sweeper—old chimney-sweepers are by no means attractive—but one of those tender novices, blooming through their first nigritude, […]1823, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], “The Praise of Chimney-Sweepers”, in Elia. Essays which have Appeared under that Signature in The London Magazine, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and...

Questions about nigritudes

What is nigritudes the plural of?
Nigritudes is the plural of nigritude.

Words near nigritudes in the dictionary

  1. Nigritia
  2. Nigritian
  3. Nigritians
  4. Nigritic
  5. nigritude
  6. nigritudes
  7. nigritudinous
  8. nigro
  9. nigroe
  10. nigroes
  11. nigromancer

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