Negrito

[ ni-gree-toh ]

/ nɪˈgri toʊ /

noun, plural Ne·gri·tos, Ne·gri·toes.

a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.

Origin of Negrito

1805–15; < Spanish negrito, equivalent to negr(o) black + -ito diminutive suffix

Example sentences from the Web for negrito

The Negrito, as has been said, is remarkably ingenious in the construction of arrows.

Negritos of Zambales |William Allan Reed
The Negrito knows that the people of the lowlands for some reason have more food than he.

Negritos of Zambales |William Allan Reed
After a pause my negrito informs me that the signal has added something to its last observation.

The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba |Walter Goodman
The eyes are relatively well opened and clear, like the eye of the Negrito, without slant or folding lid.

The Negrito and Allied Types in the Philippines and The Ilongot or Ibilao of Luzon |David P. Barrows

Here is the Negrito limit to the east; that is, of Negrito tribes as existing at the present moment.

Opuscula |Robert Gordon Latham

British Dictionary definitions for negrito

Negrito

/ (nɪˈɡriːtəʊ) /

noun plural -tos or -toes

a member of any of various dwarfish Negroid peoples of SE Asia and Melanesia

Word Origin for Negrito

C19: from Spanish, diminutive of negro black

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Negrito

noun, plural Ne·gri·tos, Ne·gri·toes.

Origin of Negrito

Example sentences from the Web for negrito

British Dictionary definitions for negrito

noun plural -tos or -toes

Word Origin for Negrito