English Explanatory Dictionary

negrito

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Either of two species of bird in the genus Lessonia.
  2. A Mexican shrub of the vervain family, Citharexylum berlandieri.
noun
  1. A member of a class of several ethnic groups who inhabit isolated parts of Southeast Asia.

Word forms

negrito negritos Negritoes

Etymology

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish negrito (“short dark-skinned person”), from negro (“black person; dark-skinned person”) + -ito (“small; short; little”, diminutive suffix).

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