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Though these modifiers are infrequently used, they point to how views of different races are written into the Akan language. In short, "Oborɔnyi" refers to a light-skinned foreigner, but by extension, could also refer to a dark-skinned person (native or foreigner) who looks, acts or talks like a light-skinned foreigner." [4]
The literary meaning of Old Irish and Old Welsh Dub is normally given as "dark" or "black", while Middle Irish finn (Old Irish find, Modern Irish fionn) is given as "light" or "white". [3] Smyth, referring to the Dictionary of the Irish Language by the Royal Irish Academy , [ 5 ] adds that Dub can mean "gloomy" or "melancholy" in a moral sense ...
A shadow person (also known as a shadow figure or black mass) is the perception of shadow as a living species, humanoid figure, sometimes interpreted as the presence of a spirit or other entity by believers in the paranormal or supernatural.
This design for an amulet comes from the Black Pullet grimoire.. A grimoire (/ ɡ r ɪ m ˈ w ɑːr /) (also known as a book of spells, magic book, or a spellbook) [citation needed] is a textbook of magic, typically including instructions on how to create magical objects like talismans and amulets, how to perform magical spells, charms, and divination, and how to summon or invoke supernatural ...
Illustration of the triad. The dark triad is a psychological theory of personality, first published by Delroy L. Paulhus and Kevin M. Williams in 2002, [1] that describes three notably offensive, but non-pathological personality types: Machiavellianism, sub-clinical narcissism, and sub-clinical psychopathy.
The more modern insertion of duine de dhath or person of color into the Irish language vocabulary was created due to associations between dubh and the devil and confusion about describing modern Irish citizens of color as "blue" in a bilingual society, often resulting in micro-aggressive jokes against children of color at Irish schools.
Horror is a genre of speculative fiction that is intended to disturb, frighten, or scare. Horror is often divided into the sub-genres of psychological horror and supernatural horror.
Niggard (14th C) is derived from the Middle English word meaning 'stingy,' nigon, which is probably derived from two other words also meaning 'stingy,' Old Norse hnǫggr and Old English hnēaw. [2] The word niggle , which in modern usage means to give excessive attention to minor details, probably shares an etymology with niggardly .