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)