pickaninny

n. 黑人小孩, 澳大利亚土著小孩

发音

UK /ˈpɪkənɪni/
CA

词形变化

pickaninnies 复数 pickaninnies

别名

piccaninny picaninny picinniny pikinini pickaninnie pickininnie pickininny piccanin pickny

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A black child.

    非正式 冒犯
adj.
  1. 1.

    Little, small.

    古体

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:pickaninny.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

picaninny piccaninny

上位词 10

kid child black minor fry negro youngster nipper shaver tyke

相关短语

pickaninny Christmas

词源

Probably from a Portuguese pidgin, from Portuguese pequenino (“boy, child”), noun use of pequenino (“tiny”), from pequeno (“small”). In South African uses probably partly after Afrikaans pikenien.

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