negrofyv.
/ˈniːɡrəfʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈniɡrəˌfaɪ/ Chiefly U.S.
transitive. To blacken; spec. to make (a person) appear black; to convert into something characteristic of black people or culture.See usage note at Negro n. 1a.
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the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > black person > [verb (transitive)]
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1799 R. Southey Nondescripts iii, in Poet. Wks. (1838) III. 64 And if no kindly cloud will parasol me,..I shall be negrofied.
1859 Southern Literary Messenger 29 165/2 A ring in the nose, aided by all the brown unguent in the world, would have been powerless to negrofy the bold saxon outline of his features.
1861 E. Peissner Amer. Question in National Aspect 25 Mr. Helper indifferently tales up his dark-lantern, and, negrofied all over, exclaims: ‘Slavery! Slavery!’
1999 J. Ellroy in Gentleman's Q. Mar. 278/2 Sammy negrofied Sinatra songs and arced them out a capella.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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