Melanesian
noun
Mel·a·ne·sian ˌme-lə-ˈnē-zhən 
-shən
1
: a member of the dominant native group of Melanesia
2
: a language group consisting of the Austronesian languages of Melanesia
Melanesian adjective
Word History
First Known Use
1845, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- primitivists
- primitivities
- primitivity
- primitivization
- primlier
- primliest
- primly
- primmed
- primmer
- primmest
- primming
- primness
- primnesses
- primo
- Primo de Rivera y Orbaneja
- primocane
- Primofilices
- primogenial
- primogenital
- primogenitary
- primogenitor
- primogenitors
- primogeniture
- primogenitures
- primogenitureship