| 单词 | pickaninny |
| 释义 | pickaninnyor pic·a·nin·ny, pic·ca·nin·ny[ pik-uh-nin-ee ] / ˈpɪk əˌnɪn i / noun, plural pick·a·nin·nies.Older Use: Now Offensive.a term used to refer to a Black child. Origin of pickaninnyFirst recorded in 1645–55; probably ultimately from Portuguese pequenino, diminutive of pequeno “small”; as a word for “small child,” pickaninny and its variants are widespread in English-based creoles of the New World and West Africa; compare Jamaican English pickney, West African English pickin “small child” usage note for pickaninnyPickaninny is a dated term, originally used in a neutral or even affectionate way in the West Indies, but now perceived as insulting. Words nearby pickaninnypick a bone with, pick and choose, pick and mix, pick-and-roll, pick-and-shovel, pickaninny, pick apart, pick a quarrel, pickaroon, pick at, pickax Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for pickaninnypickaninny / (ˌpɪkəˈnɪnɪ) / noun plural -niesa variant spelling (esp US) of piccaninny Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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