piccaninny

Anglais

Étymologie

(1657) Anglais des Caraïbes. Du portugais pequenino ^[1].

Nom commun

Singulier	Pluriel
piccaninny \ˈpɪk.ə.ˌnɪn.i\	piccaninnies \ˈpɪk.ə.ˌnɪn.iz\

piccaninny \ˈpɪk.ə.ˌnɪn.i\

1. (Désuet) Jeune enfant (surtout employé en parlant des Noirs) ^[1].
   • Here and there with stubborn persistence to custom, there had been voices singing, the honey laughter under the mimosa branches, the piccaninnies rushing in clean water laughter at the creek, movements and bendings in the fields, […]. — (Ray Bradbury, The Martian Chronicles, 1950, éd. 2008 ISBN 9780006479239)

Variantes orthographiques

• pickaninny ^[1]

Références

• ^[1] : The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 1973