nig|ri|tude

nig|ri|tude
nig|ri|tude «NIHG ruh tood, -tyood», noun.
1. blackness; black color: »

I like to meet a sweep…one of those tender novices, blooming through their first nigritude (Charles Lamb).

2. something black.
[< Latin nigritūdō < niger black. See etym. of doublet negritude. (Cf.negritude)]

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