Negritic

[ni-grit-ik]

adjective

1. of or relating to Black people or to the Negritos.

Negritic

/ nɪˈɡrɪtɪk /

adjective

1. relating to the Negroes or the Negritos

Other Word Forms

• non-Negritic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Negritic¹

First recorded in 1875–80; Negrit(o) + -ic

Example Sentences

He believes they differ from Australians in being "basically negritic in their genetic composition as a result of the rain forest environment."

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Be this as it may, we have never denied this or any other abstract possibility of negritic evolution.

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Stature, curly hair, short head, and broad, flat nose—these are all negritic characters, as is also the hairiness of the face and body.

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Three men whom I measured had a stature exceeding the Negrito but in other respects were Negritic.

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I have no measurements of these people, but the appearance of nearly every individual in their communities is Negritic rather than Malayan.

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