Meaning of niggerous | Babel Free

Definitions

Synonym of niggery.

derogatory, ethnic, offensive, rare, slur

Examples

“We had a pleasant view of the coast, but it was, I must allow, of a niggerous phys'onomy.”

“Quick and hair-triggerous, / Joyous and vigorous, / Home from the niggerous / African shore, / Bringing a zoo with him, / Zebra and gnu with him, / What shall we do with him / Our Theodore?”

“A 'nigger', that's what they call you. Negroes was 'niggerous' women ... . 'Nigger, what you want?' You know that's the way it was. I am serious! And when I'm at the nursing home, and I be running my mouth I can see them old white ones in there saying, 'She must think she's something.'”

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