pickaninny

(pikə nin′ē)

noun pl. pickaninnies

Slang, Dialectal a black child: now an offensive term

Origin: ult. < Sp pequeño or Port pequeno

See pickaninny in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. pick·a·nin·nies
Offensive
Used as a disparaging term for a young Black child.

Origin:

Origin: Possibly from Spanish pequeño, small

Origin: + niño, child

Origin: , or from Portuguese pequenino

Origin: , diminutive of pequeno, small

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