high yellow
high yellow · more high yellow · most high yellow
Of a black person, having a light skin toneOf a black person, having a light skin tone.
Meaning
1 sensesOf a black person, having a light skin tone.
Origin
After the golden-yellow skin tone of some multiracial people. "High" is usually consideredAfter the golden-yellow skin tone of some multiracial people. "High" is usually considered a reference to a social class system in which skin color (and associated ancestries) is a major factor, placing those of lighter skin (with more white ancestry) at the top and those of darker skin at the bottom.
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Forms
more high yellow, most high yellow| Comparative | more high yellow Lesson |
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| Superlative | most high yellow Lesson |
regular
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.