morenon.

Brit.

/məˈriːnəʊ/,

/məˈreɪnəʊ/, U.S.

/məˈrinoʊ/,

/məˈreɪnoʊ/

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish moreno.

Etymology: < Spanish moreno a dark-haired or dark-skinned person, use as noun of moreno (see morel adj.). Compare earlier morena n.¹

In South and Central America: a person of African origin, or of mixed descent.

ΚΠ

1904 J. Conrad Nostromo i. viii. 89 The alcalde—an old, skinny Moreno..—had cleared respectfully out of the house.

1938 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 23 271 The law has forgotten his murder of the ‘moreno’. He tries to excuse his crime by arguing..that the Negro cut him first.

1951 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 36 296 During the colonial period battalions of morenos (light mulattoes) pardos and blacks had been organized.

1991 San Francisco Rev. Bks. Fall 46/2 Moore, the sable-skinned moreno, whose derma evinces his origin, is less sanguine about what he sees as shortcomings of Cuban socialism.

1999 New Yorker 4 Oct. 92 She had..the driest skin. Always rubbing lotion on it and cursing the moreno father who'd given it to her.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	moreno
释义	morenon. Brit. /məˈriːnəʊ/, /məˈreɪnəʊ/, U.S. /məˈrinoʊ/, /məˈreɪnoʊ/ Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish moreno. Etymology: < Spanish moreno a dark-haired or dark-skinned person, use as noun of moreno (see morel adj.). Compare earlier morena n.¹ In South and Central America: a person of African origin, or of mixed descent. ΚΠ 1904 J. Conrad Nostromo i. viii. 89 The alcalde—an old, skinny Moreno..—had cleared respectfully out of the house. 1938 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 23 271 The law has forgotten his murder of the ‘moreno’. He tries to excuse his crime by arguing..that the Negro cut him first. 1951 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 36 296 During the colonial period battalions of morenos (light mulattoes) pardos and blacks had been organized. 1991 San Francisco Rev. Bks. Fall 46/2 Moore, the sable-skinned moreno, whose derma evinces his origin, is less sanguine about what he sees as shortcomings of Cuban socialism. 1999 New Yorker 4 Oct. 92 She had..the driest skin. Always rubbing lotion on it and cursing the moreno father who'd given it to her. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1904
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