negrifyv.

Brit.

/ˈniːɡrᵻfʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈniɡrəˌfaɪ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: Negro n., -ify suffix.

Etymology: < negr- (in Negro n.) + -ify suffix, perhaps after French négrifier (1773). Compare earlier nigrify v., and also slightly later negrofy v. Compare negrification n.

transitive. To make into or cause to resemble a black person.See usage note at Negro n. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > black person > [verb (transitive)]

benegro1646

negrifya1790

negrofy1799

negritize1901

niggerize1912

a1790 B. Franklin Autobiogr. (1981) iii. 134 The Governor..had indeed labour'd hard to blacken the Assembly in all his Messages but they wip'd off his Colouring as fast as he laid it on, and plac'd it in return thick upon his own face; so that finding he was likely to be negrify'd himself, he..quitted the Government.

1961 Spectator 9 June 835 Through the ceremony the negroes ‘negrify’ themselves.

1980 J. Barnes Metroland i. i. 15 Toni's swarthy, thick-lipped Middle-European features would be completely negrified by sodium.

1988 N. Bissoondath Casual Brutality xvi. 352 The backlit signs at local Kentucky Fried Chicken outlets, the goateed colonel negrified for the profit of politics.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	negrify
释义	negrifyv. Brit. /ˈniːɡrᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈniɡrəˌfaɪ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: Negro n., -ify suffix. Etymology: < negr- (in Negro n.) + -ify suffix, perhaps after French négrifier (1773). Compare earlier nigrify v., and also slightly later negrofy v. Compare negrification n. transitive. To make into or cause to resemble a black person.See usage note at Negro n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > black person > [verb (transitive)] benegro1646 negrifya1790 negrofy1799 negritize1901 niggerize1912 a1790 B. Franklin Autobiogr. (1981) iii. 134 The Governor..had indeed labour'd hard to blacken the Assembly in all his Messages but they wip'd off his Colouring as fast as he laid it on, and plac'd it in return thick upon his own face; so that finding he was likely to be negrify'd himself, he..quitted the Government. 1961 Spectator 9 June 835 Through the ceremony the negroes ‘negrify’ themselves. 1980 J. Barnes Metroland i. i. 15 Toni's swarthy, thick-lipped Middle-European features would be completely negrified by sodium. 1988 N. Bissoondath Casual Brutality xvi. 352 The backlit signs at local Kentucky Fried Chicken outlets, the goateed colonel negrified for the profit of politics. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.a1790
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