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Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Synonym of niggery. derogatory, ethnic, offensive, rare, slur

   "We had a pleasant view of the coast, but it was, I must allow, of a niggerous phys'onomy."

Synonyms

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niggery

Example

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"We had a pleasant view of the coast, but it was, I must allow, of a niggerous phys'onomy."

Etymology

From nigger + -ous.

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