bleekgezicht

Dutch

Etymology

Compound of bleek (“pale, bleak”) +‎ gezicht (“(human) face”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbleːk.xəˌzɪxt/
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  • Hyphenation: bleek‧ge‧zicht

Noun

bleekgezicht n (plural bleekgezichten, diminutive bleekgezichtje n)

  1. paleface, an ethnic European as opposed to a native redskin (typically used in fiction as a stereotypical native American idiom)
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