niggery
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 12
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- 14
- Letters
- 7
/ˈnɪɡəɹi/
Definition of niggery
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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(derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur)Of or like a nigger.
“She remembered the hot sun, the soft red earth under her sick head, the niggery smell of the cabin behind the ruins of Twelve Oaks, remembered the refrain her heart had beaten […]”
“[…] hearing only voodoo incantations and wicked spells and niggery maledictions and sorcery thrown his way.”
“Reba's high-minded, skinned grandmother “had taught me that it was good fashion to dress simply and not wear loud colors and earrings and fake jewelry. I was at the age when girls love flashy stuff, but Gran called that 'niggery.'” Reba knew “niggery” when she saw it and so altered her own presentation of self.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From nigger + -y.
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