Africaness
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Alternative spelling of Africanness. alt-of, alternative, uncountable
- 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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