pickaninny

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɪkənɪni/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A black child. colloquial,ethnic,offensive,slur
    — Governor,— that will make a good settler,— that's my Pickaninny!
形容词 adj.
  1. Little, small. archaic,not-comparable
    — For quotations using this term, see Citations:pickaninny.

词形变化

pickaninnies plural piccaninny alternative picaninny alternative picinniny alternative pikinini alternative pickaninnie alternative pickininnie alternative pickininny alternative piccanin alternative pickny alternative piccaninny alternative picaninny alternative picinniny alternative pikinini alternative pickaninnie alternative pickininnie alternative pickininny alternative piccanin alternative pickny alternative

词源

词源 1
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.
词源 2
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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