- picaninny
- noun see pickaninny
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
picaninny
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picaninny — noun (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child • Syn: ↑pickaninny, ↑piccaninny • Usage Domain: ↑ethnic slur, ↑disparagement, ↑depreciation, ↑derogation … Useful english dictionary
picaninny — /pik euh nin ee/, n., pl. picaninnies. pickaninny. * * * … Universalium
picaninny — noun A black child … Wiktionary
picaninny — n. pickaninny, offensive term for a small black child or infant … English contemporary dictionary
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pickaninny — or picaninny noun (plural nies) Etymology: probably ultimately from Portuguese pequenino, diminutive of pequeno small Date: 1653 often offensive a black child … New Collegiate Dictionary
pickaninny — /pik euh nin ee/, n., pl. pickaninnies. Offensive. a black child. Also, picaninny, piccaninny. [1645 55; prob. ult. < Pg pequenino, dim. of pequeno small; as a word for small child, pickaninny and its variants are widespread in English based… … Universalium
