Definition of Metif

1. Noun. (alternative form of metis) (person of mixed parentage) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Metif

1. a child of a white and a quadroon [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Metif

metic
metica
meticais
metical
meticals
meticas
meticillin
metics
meticulosities
meticulosity
meticulous
meticulously
meticulousness
metier
metiers
metif (current term)
metifs
meting
metipranolol
metis
metisse
metisses
metlegoglobin reductase
metmyoglobin
metoclopramide
metoclopramide hydrochloride
metocurine
metocurine iodide
metoecious
metoestrus

Literary usage of Metif

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1905)
"Two or three other metif families resided also in the neighbourhood. On the 12th we arrived at Monsieur Dardennes', and to-day experienced a keen ..."

2. The Methodist Review (1881)
"The hybrid comes from the crossing of different species; the metif from the ... On the contrary, the metif is produced spontaneously without the least ..."

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