DARK-COMPLEXIONED, DARK-SKINNED
(also see BLACK)
ADJECTIVES
► BRUNET dark-complexioned → 1890
► DAMBLACK extremely dark-skinned → 1930s African-American sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► BLACK SMOLLICHER a person with very dark features → 1911 Sc.
► BRUNE a dark-complexioned girl or woman; a brunette → 1870
► BRUNET a dark-complexioned person → 1888
► GIPSIE ► GIPSY ► GYPSY a woman with dark skin, eyes or hair → 1612 obs.
► MOKE a dark-skinned person of any race → 1871 Amer. sl., usually contemptuous and offensive
► MONKEY a dark-complexioned person, esp. a person of African or Asian descent → 1839-40 Amer. sl., usually offensive and contemptuous
► NAGO a notably dark-complexioned person → 1940s W. Indies sl.
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