peolan.

Brit.

/piːˈəʊlə/, U.S.

/piˈoʊlə/

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Probably from a proper name. Etymon: proper name Peola.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; probably < the name of Peola Johnson, a light-skinned African American woman who attempts to pass as white in Fannie Hurst's novel Imitation of Life (1933) and the 1934 film adaptation of the same name.

U.S. slang (frequently in African-American usage, with depreciative connotations).

A light-skinned black person, esp. a girl or young woman.

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

1938 Zanesville (Ohio) Signal 27 June 4/2 A white person is a ‘pink’ or an ‘ofay’, while a high yellow is a ‘peola’.

1942 Z. N. Hurston in Amer. Mercury July 88 Dat broad I seen you with wasn't no pe-ola.

1979 J. L. Gwaltney Drylongso 219 Course we always did have some peolas an' everybody know that most of these whitefolks is passin'.

1994 S. T. Haizlip Sweeter the Juice Prol. 15 I have also been called black and Peola and nigger and high yellow and bright.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	peola
释义	peolan. Brit. /piːˈəʊlə/, U.S. /piˈoʊlə/ Origin: Of uncertain origin. Probably from a proper name. Etymon: proper name Peola. Etymology: Origin uncertain; probably < the name of Peola Johnson, a light-skinned African American woman who attempts to pass as white in Fannie Hurst's novel Imitation of Life (1933) and the 1934 film adaptation of the same name. U.S. slang (frequently in African-American usage, with depreciative connotations). A light-skinned black person, esp. a girl or young woman. 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 1938 Zanesville (Ohio) Signal 27 June 4/2 A white person is a ‘pink’ or an ‘ofay’, while a high yellow is a ‘peola’. 1942 Z. N. Hurston in Amer. Mercury July 88 Dat broad I seen you with wasn't no pe-ola. 1979 J. L. Gwaltney Drylongso 219 Course we always did have some peolas an' everybody know that most of these whitefolks is passin'. 1994 S. T. Haizlip Sweeter the Juice Prol. 15 I have also been called black and Peola and nigger and high yellow and bright. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1938
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