Africaness

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of Africanness. alt-of, alternative, uncountable
  2. 2
    A female African. rare

    "The table was elegant with glass, silver, and flowers ; the viands were the creation of one of those round, greasy Africanesses, who are born to the gridiron not less indubitably than a poet to the lyre"

Example

More examples

"The table was elegant with glass, silver, and flowers ; the viands were the creation of one of those round, greasy Africanesses, who are born to the gridiron not less indubitably than a poet to the lyre"

Etymology

From African + -ness.

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