blue-gummedadj.

Brit.

/ˈbluːɡʌmd/, U.S.

/ˈbluˌɡəmd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., gummed adj.²

Etymology: < blue adj. + gummed adj.² Compare slightly later blue gum n.²

U.S. slang (derogatory). Chiefly regional (southern and south Midland).

Designating a black person having gums regarded as bluish in colour, esp. one with a very dark complexion. Cf. blue gum n.²There was formerly a folk superstition that the bite of such people was poisonous.

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1887 Logansport (Indiana) Chron. 9 July 1/3 The bite of blue-gummed negroes is poisonous always, and that an aphorism is current among the darkies which says, ‘Don't fight with a blue-gummed coon.’

1925 A. J. Carver in B. C. Williams O. Henry Prize Stories of 1925 (1926) 151 She could be high-and-mighty when it pleased her and, ‘blue-gummed’ African though she was..she was by virtue of her calling above and beyond all race distinction.

1976 P. Conroy Great Santini (1977) 432 What makes you think I was spending time with some blue-gummed nigger girl?

2010 A. Jamieson Safe 227 One minute he was helping us Klan then the next he was bringing blue gummed black niggers over to my house!

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	blue-gummed
释义	blue-gummedadj. Brit. /ˈbluːɡʌmd/, U.S. /ˈbluˌɡəmd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., gummed adj.² Etymology: < blue adj. + gummed adj.² Compare slightly later blue gum n.² U.S. slang (derogatory). Chiefly regional (southern and south Midland). Designating a black person having gums regarded as bluish in colour, esp. one with a very dark complexion. Cf. blue gum n.²There was formerly a folk superstition that the bite of such people was poisonous. ΚΠ 1887 Logansport (Indiana) Chron. 9 July 1/3 The bite of blue-gummed negroes is poisonous always, and that an aphorism is current among the darkies which says, ‘Don't fight with a blue-gummed coon.’ 1925 A. J. Carver in B. C. Williams O. Henry Prize Stories of 1925 (1926) 151 She could be high-and-mighty when it pleased her and, ‘blue-gummed’ African though she was..she was by virtue of her calling above and beyond all race distinction. 1976 P. Conroy Great Santini (1977) 432 What makes you think I was spending time with some blue-gummed nigger girl? 2010 A. Jamieson Safe 227 One minute he was helping us Klan then the next he was bringing blue gummed black niggers over to my house! This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1887
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