Blackhood
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The state or condition of being black (all senses); blackness. countable, uncountable
"[…] expression, I'm afraid I do not share the conviction held by very important people, like Aime Cesaire, quoted earlier by Charles, who suggest that there is a kind of brotherhood, call it negritude, call it a blackhood, call it blackness."
Example
More examples"[…] expression, I'm afraid I do not share the conviction held by very important people, like Aime Cesaire, quoted earlier by Charles, who suggest that there is a kind of brotherhood, call it negritude, call it a blackhood, call it blackness."
Etymology
From black + -hood. In some senses perhaps from blend of black + brotherhood. Compare Middle English blakhede (“blackness”), of equivalent formation.
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