negrito
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negrito¹
noun negritos
- Either of two species of bird in the genus Lessonia.
- A Mexican shrub of the vervain family, Citharexylum berlandieri.
Negrito²
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Philippine Spanish negrito (“short dark-skinned person”), from negro (“black person; dark-skinned person”) + -ito (“small; short; little”, diminutive suffix).
noun Negritos · Negritoes · Negrito
- A member of a class of several ethnic groups who inhabit isolated parts of Southeast Asia. The Negritos and the Semangs agree very closely in physical characteristics with each other and with the Andaman Islanders, while they differ in a marked manner from every Papuan race.
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Talk about this word "negrito." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/negrito. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. negrito. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/negrito "negrito." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/negrito.Cite this
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title = {negrito},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/negrito},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
