See Also: quaint(dictionary)
quaint(dictionary)

Negress (iou) and quaint (oh)


Negress (iou)



Negress noun. Now considered racially offensive. Also negress. L18.
[French negress, from negre NEGRO: see -ESS1.]
A female black person.

quaint (oh)



[Date: 1100-1200; Language: Old French; Origin: cointe 'clever', from Latin cognitus 'known']
unusual and attractive, especially in an old-fashioned way
::a quaint little village in Yorkshire