melanoderm

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English

Etymology

From melano- +‎ -derm.

Noun

melanoderm (plural melanoderms)

  1. A person with dark skin.
    • 1924, A[lfred] C[ort] Haddon, The Races of Man and Their Distribution, Cabridge: at the University Press, page 7:
      It is also admitted that these gradations in colour have a protective value; in the case of the melanoderms against the actinic rays of the sun and in that of the leucoderms against cold, since white is the best colour for keeping in the heat of the body.
    • 1942, Edgard Roquete Pinto, “Contributions to the Anthropology of Brazil”, in Proceedings of the Eighth American Scientific Congress, volume II, Washington, D.C., page 243:
      The Brazilian negroes—melanoderms—in general have 1 m,64 in height. The curve shows another point of density about 1 m,73. The cephalic index of our melanoderms was a surprise: 81, 84, brachycephalic.
    • 1955, Impact of Science on Society, pages 146–147:
      Dark-skinned peoples (melanoderms) are, as a rule, more resistant to this parasite than the fair-skinned peoples (leucoderms). […] In the case of malaria, we have already noted the differentiation between the leucoderms and melanoderms.

Coordinate terms

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mélanoderme.

Adjective

melanoderm m or n (feminine singular melanodermă, masculine plural melanodermi, feminine and neuter plural melanoderme)

  1. melanoderm

Declension

singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite melanoderm melanodermă melanodermi melanoderme
definite melanodermul melanoderma melanodermii melanodermele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite melanoderm melanoderme melanodermi melanoderme
definite melanodermului melanodermei melanodermilor melanodermelor

References

  • melanoderm in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
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