nigritude

nig·ri·tude

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [nig-ri-tood, -tyood, nahy-gri-]
- /ˈnɪg rɪˌtud, -ˌtyud, ˈnaɪ grɪ-/
- /ˈnɪ.ɡrɪ.tjuːd/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [nig-ri-tood, -tyood, nahy-gri-]
- /ˈnɪg rɪˌtud, -ˌtyud, ˈnaɪ grɪ-/

Definitions of nigritude word

noun nigritude complete darkness or blackness. 1
noun nigritude blackness; darkness 0
noun nigritude blackness or darkness 0

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Origin of nigritude

First appearance:

before 1645

One of the 44% oldest English words

1645-55; < Latin nigritūdō blackness, black color, equivalent to nigr- (stem of niger) black + -i- -i- + -tūdō -tude

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Parts of speech for Nigritude

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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nigritude popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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