Negritic
[ni-grit-ik]
- of or relating to blacks or to the Negritos.
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Origin of Negritic
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There can be no doubt as to the Negritic character of the Maggugan.
The Manbos of MindanoJohn M. Garvan
Be this as it may, we have never denied this or any other abstract possibility of negritic evolution.
The Color LineWilliam Benjamin Smith
The arm reach, as is usual in Negritic peoples, exceeded the height.
Three men whom I measured had a stature exceeding the Negrito but in other respects were Negritic.
The majority of the Negroes of America belong to the Negritic sub-race.
The Races of ManJoseph Deniker
Negritic
- relating to the Negroes or the Negritos
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Word Origin and History for negritic
adj.
1878, from Negro + -itic.
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