Negroidadj.n.
/ˈniːɡrɔɪd/, U.S. /ˈniˌɡrɔɪd/ A. adj.
Resembling or having some of the physical features or characteristics of a black person; spec. of, relating to, or designating the division of humankind represented by the indigenous peoples of central and southern Africa.See usage note at Negro n. 1a.
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the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > black person > [adjective]
blackOE
Morian1504
African1548
Negro1593
black Morian1631
neger1657
Ethiopian1684
nigger1689
Hubshee1698
Kaffir1731
Nigritian1757
Ethiopic1778
dingy1785
blackamoor1813
nigger-looking1837
darkie1840
Negroid1844
Negroloid1844
dinge1848
Melanian1861
negroish1861
Negroidal1878
Africanoid1885
chocolate?1886
melanodermic1924
nigra1938
tan1950
1844 Crania Ægyptiaca 7 Egyptian blended with the Negroid form.
1860 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 1859 29 196 They are usually of a dark sepia brown..with negroid features.
1877 J. W. Dawson Origin of World xiii. 272 Flattened lips, and certain negroid peculiarities in his limbs.
1893 F. C. Selous Trav. S.-E. Afr. 342 A type of man which is Asiatic or Semitic rather than negroid.
1903 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 33 136 The three great divisions of mankind, the Negroid, the Mongoloid, and the Caucasic.
1937 C. Himes Night's for Cryin' in Black on Black (1973) 139 A nickel victrola in the rear blared a husky negroid bellow.
1960 W. Harris Palace of Peacock iv. 39 His face was brick-red..his hair close and curling and negroid.
1998 P. Gourevitch We wish to inform You iv. 52 This ‘race’ comprised many tribes, including the Watusi—Tutsis—all of whom kept cattle and tended to lord it over the Negroid masses.
B. n.
A person of this physical type.
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the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > black person > [noun]
AfriceOE
MoorOE
EthiopOE
blomana1225
Ethiopiana1325
blue mana1387
Moriana1387
black mana1398
blackamoor1525
black Morian1526
black boy1530
molen1538
Nigro1548
Nigrite1554
Negro1555
neger1568
nigger1577
blackfellow1598
Kaffir1607
black1614
thick-lipsa1616
Hubsheea1627
black African1633
blackface1704
sambo1704
Cuffee1713
Nigritian1738
fellow1753
Cuff1755
blacky1759
mungo1768
Quashie1774
darkie?1775
snowball1785
blue skin1788
Moriscan1794
sooterkin1821
nigc1832
tar-brush1835–40
Jim Crow1838
sooty1838
mokec1847
dinge1848
monkey1849
Siddi1849
dark1853
nigre1853
Negroid1860
kink1865
Sam1867
Rastus1882
schvartze1886
race man1896
possum1900
shine1908
jigaboo1909
smoke1913
golliwog1916
jazzbo1918
boogie1923
jig1924
melanoderm1924
spade1928
jit1931
Zulu1931
eight ball1932
Afro1942
nigra1944
spook1945
munt1948
Tom1956
boot1957
soul brother1957
nig-nog1959
member1962
pork chop1963
splib1964
blood1965
non-voter1966
moolinyan1967
Oreo1968
boogaloo1972
pongo1972
moolie1988
1860 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 1859 29 115 Free negroids from Zanzibar island or coast.
1882 G. A. Sala Amer. Revisited (1885) 172 At Wormley's..the negro and negroid were seen at their very best.
1908 Daily Chron. 12 Aug. 4/7 No inspectors come and ask for the tickets of jolly holiday-makers—jovial soldiers—happy husband[s] with wives and families—curious negroids—all of whom are obviously in the wrong compartment.
a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. ii. 19 We may divide the human species..into Caucasians, Mongolians, Australians, Negroids, and Negroes.
1971 L. Bloom Social Psychol. Race Relations i. 17 Even the negroid (African) race, which is often claimed to have the most pronounced physical characteristics, displays wide internal differences.
1993 Ann. Human Genetics 57 52 Recent male-specific gene flow from Negroids to the isolated San is believed to be unlikely.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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