light-skinadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈlʌɪtskɪn/, U.S.

/ˈlaɪtˌskɪn/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: light adj.², skin n.

Etymology: < light adj.² + skin n. Compare earlier light-skinned adj. at light adj.² and n.³ Compounds 2, and (with use as noun) lightie n.¹ 2.With light-skin privilege n. at Compounds compare white privilege n. at white adj. and n. Compounds 1f.

Originally and chiefly U.S.

A. adj.

Of a black or other non-white person: having pale or relatively pale skin.See note at sense B.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > paleness > [adjective]

blatec1000

whiteOE

greena1275

blakec1275

bleykea1300

wana1300

palec1330

bleach1340

pale and wan (wan and pale)c1374

colourlessc1380

deadlyc1385

deadc1386

bloodlessc1450

earthlyc1460

ruddylessc1460

wan visaged?a1513

wanny1555

as pale or white as a clout1557

bleak1566

mealy1566

pale-faced1570

ghastly1574

white-faced1577

bleakish1581

pallid1590

whiggish1590

tallow-faced1592

maid-pale1597

lily1600

whey-colour1602

lew1611

roseless1611

Hippocratical1615

cadaverousa1661

Hippocratic1681

smock-faced1684

white-looked1690

livid1728

as white (or pale) as a sheet1752

squalid1753

deathly1791

etiolated1791

light-skinned1802

suety1803

shilpit1813

blanched1828

tallowy1830

suet-faced1834

pasty1836

tallowish1838

whey-faced1847

pasty-faced1848

aghast1850

waxen1853

complexionless1863

light-skin1877

lily-cheeked1877

lardy1879

wan-faced1881

exsanguinous1889

wheatish1950

1877 Testimony Select Comm. Recent Election S. Carolina 91 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (44th Congr., 2nd Sess.: Senate Misc. Doc. 31, Pt. 3) III. This young man that stays in town here, a light-skin man.

1941 W. L. Warner et al. Color & Human Nature vii. 277 Mr. Caldwell is lightskin.

1998 Independent Florida Alligator (Univ. of Florida) 24 Feb. 5/2 California's numbers tell a similar story when one compares the sentencing for dark-skin Latinos as opposed to light-skin Latinos.

2012 Z. Smith NW (2013) 100 If you go past ask Ricky—you know which one I'm talking about? Little light-skin boy.

B. n.

(A name for) a black or other non-white person who has pale or relatively pale skin. Potentially offensive.The offensiveness of this term varies depending on the speaker and context. It may be considered neutral or positive when used by a non-white speaker, although it may also be associated with colourism (colourism n. 3). It is usually regarded as offensive or inappropriate when used by a white speaker. Cf. lightie n.¹ 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > black person > [noun] > light-skinned

white Negro1766

yellowskin1831

yellow1873

pink toe1930

light-skin1935

peola1938

play-white1952

redbone1983

lightie1991

the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > paleness > [noun] > person

tallow-face1597

smock-face1605

whey facea1616

light-skin1935

1935 R. Coleman Don't you weep, don't you Moan 131 ‘He a lightskin.’ ‘Some folks is lightskins and is still trash.’

2017 @nathan_and520 13 Apr. in twitter.com (accessed 3 Nov. 2020) A white person called me a light skin yesterday and I'm starting to think y'all really just don't get black people.

2019 Post (Ohio Univ.) (Nexis) 7 Feb. 1 As a light-skin, I know I will not face the same struggles that my darker relatives do.

Compounds

light-skin privilege n. the higher status and accompanying advantages that are sometimes thought to be afforded to black or other non-white people who have relatively lighter skin, compared to those whose skin is darker, esp. in societies characterized by racial inequality.

ΚΠ

1983 C. Moraga Loving in War Years 97 Then Tavo says to me, ‘You see at any time, if they (meaning me) decide to use their light skin privilege they can... You can decide you're suddenly no Chicano.’

2020 San Diego Union-Tribune (Nexis) 13 Sept. b1 Black people who have darker skin experience the worst forms of everyday racism... As a beneficiary of light-skin privilege myself, I am naming it here.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

单词	light-skin
释义	light-skinadj.n. Brit. /ˈlʌɪtskɪn/, U.S. /ˈlaɪtˌskɪn/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: light adj.², skin n. Etymology: < light adj.² + skin n. Compare earlier light-skinned adj. at light adj.² and n.³ Compounds 2, and (with use as noun) lightie n.¹ 2.With light-skin privilege n. at Compounds compare white privilege n. at white adj. and n. Compounds 1f. Originally and chiefly U.S. A. adj. Of a black or other non-white person: having pale or relatively pale skin.See note at sense B. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > paleness > [adjective] blatec1000 whiteOE greena1275 blakec1275 bleykea1300 wana1300 palec1330 bleach1340 pale and wan (wan and pale)c1374 colourlessc1380 deadlyc1385 deadc1386 bloodlessc1450 earthlyc1460 ruddylessc1460 wan visaged?a1513 wanny1555 as pale or white as a clout1557 bleak1566 mealy1566 pale-faced1570 ghastly1574 white-faced1577 bleakish1581 pallid1590 whiggish1590 tallow-faced1592 maid-pale1597 lily1600 whey-colour1602 lew1611 roseless1611 Hippocratical1615 cadaverousa1661 Hippocratic1681 smock-faced1684 white-looked1690 livid1728 as white (or pale) as a sheet1752 squalid1753 deathly1791 etiolated1791 light-skinned1802 suety1803 shilpit1813 blanched1828 tallowy1830 suet-faced1834 pasty1836 tallowish1838 whey-faced1847 pasty-faced1848 aghast1850 waxen1853 complexionless1863 light-skin1877 lily-cheeked1877 lardy1879 wan-faced1881 exsanguinous1889 wheatish1950 1877 Testimony Select Comm. Recent Election S. Carolina 91 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (44th Congr., 2nd Sess.: Senate Misc. Doc. 31, Pt. 3) III. This young man that stays in town here, a light-skin man. 1941 W. L. Warner et al. Color & Human Nature vii. 277 Mr. Caldwell is lightskin. 1998 Independent Florida Alligator (Univ. of Florida) 24 Feb. 5/2 California's numbers tell a similar story when one compares the sentencing for dark-skin Latinos as opposed to light-skin Latinos. 2012 Z. Smith NW (2013) 100 If you go past ask Ricky—you know which one I'm talking about? Little light-skin boy. B. n. (A name for) a black or other non-white person who has pale or relatively pale skin. Potentially offensive.The offensiveness of this term varies depending on the speaker and context. It may be considered neutral or positive when used by a non-white speaker, although it may also be associated with colourism (colourism n. 3). It is usually regarded as offensive or inappropriate when used by a white speaker. Cf. lightie n.¹ 2. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > black person > [noun] > light-skinned white Negro1766 yellowskin1831 yellow1873 pink toe1930 light-skin1935 peola1938 play-white1952 redbone1983 lightie1991 the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > paleness > [noun] > person tallow-face1597 smock-face1605 whey facea1616 light-skin1935 1935 R. Coleman Don't you weep, don't you Moan 131 ‘He a lightskin.’ ‘Some folks is lightskins and is still trash.’ 2017 @nathan_and520 13 Apr. in twitter.com (accessed 3 Nov. 2020) A white person called me a light skin yesterday and I'm starting to think y'all really just don't get black people. 2019 Post (Ohio Univ.) (Nexis) 7 Feb. 1 As a light-skin, I know I will not face the same struggles that my darker relatives do. Compounds light-skin privilege n. the higher status and accompanying advantages that are sometimes thought to be afforded to black or other non-white people who have relatively lighter skin, compared to those whose skin is darker, esp. in societies characterized by racial inequality. ΚΠ 1983 C. Moraga Loving in War Years 97 Then Tavo says to me, ‘You see at any time, if they (meaning me) decide to use their light skin privilege they can... You can decide you're suddenly no Chicano.’ 2020 San Diego Union-Tribune (Nexis) 13 Sept. b1 Black people who have darker skin experience the worst forms of everyday racism... As a beneficiary of light-skin privilege myself, I am naming it here. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < adj.n.1877
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