Negrillo

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Negrillo

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From Spanish negrillo, from negro + -illo.

noun Negrillos

An African Pygmy. Negrillo children are sometimes caught and held in slavery; but when “they attain the age at which the Spanish laws set them free, they, with but a single known exception, return to the woods.[…]”

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"Negrillo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/negrillo. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"Negrillo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/negrillo.

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@misc{negrillo_2026,
  title = {Negrillo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/negrillo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}