negligent 
est it especially applies to failure to attend to what is 
considered duty. Se<jliyei>t is generally applied to inat- 
tention to tilings, imjlec(ful to inattention to persons. 
Neiilectful, by derivation, is stronger than negligent, hut 
the difference is really small. Heedless, thoughtless, etc., 
indicate lack of heed, care, attention, thought, etc., where 
they are needed or due. All these words may apply to a 
particular occasion of failure, or indicate a habit or a trait 
of character: as, he is very heedless. See neglect, ., and 
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The fallen timber on the slopes presents continual ob- 
stacles, which have to be negotiated with some care to 
avoid being spiked by the sharp dead branches. 
Fortnightly Rev., N. 8., XLIII. 90. 
4. To put into circulation by transference and 
assignment of claim by indorsement : as, to ne- 
gotiate a bill of exchange. 
The notes were not negotiated to them in the usual course 
of business or trade. Kent. 
negroism 
the original inhabitants), and in New Caledo- 
nia, etc., according to some authorities. The 
average height of the Negritos of the Philippine 
Islands is about- 4 feet 8 inches. Also Negrillo. 
negro (ne'gro), H. and a. [= F. negre (> E. ne- 
gcr, now nigger = D. G. Dan. Sw. neger = Buss. 
'negrfi: see /.</</'/-), < Sp. Pg. It. negro, black, 
as a noun, negro, m., ncgra. f., a black person, 
alities. 
That care was ever had of me, with my earliest capacity, 
not to be negligently train'd in the precepts of Christian 
Religion. Hilton, Apology for Smectynmuus. 
Britain ! whose genius is in verse express'd, 
Bold and sublime, but negligently dress'd. 
Waller, On the Earl of Roscommon. 
2f. So as to slight or show disrespect. 
negligible (neg'li-ji-bl), a. [= F. negligeable, < 
negliger, < L. neglegere, negligere, neglect: see 
neglect.] Capable or admitting of being neg- 
lected or disregarded ; neglectable. 
negligibly (neg'li-ji-bli), adv. In a quantity 
or to a degree which may be disregarded. 
The work wasted . . . is negligibly small compared with 
the work done in driving the generator part. 
Philosophical Mag., XXVI. 160. 
negOCCt (ne-gos'), . [< OF. tiegoce, F. ntgoce 
= Sp. Pg. negocio = it. ncgozio, < L. negotium, 
ML. also negocium, employment, occupation, < 
nee, not, + otium, leisure, ease, inactivity: see 
otiose. Hence negotiate, etc.] Business; oc- 
cupation; employment. Bentley. 
negotiate, negociation, etc. Variants of nego- 
tiate, etc. 
negotiability (ne-go-shia-bil'i-ti), n. [< F. ne- 
gociabilite; as negotiable + -ity (see -WWiv).] 
The quality of being negotiable, or transferable 
by assignment. 
negotiable (ne-go'shia-bl), a. [< F. negociable = 
Sp. negociable ' = Pg. negociavel = It. negoziabile, 
< ML. negotiabilis, < L. negotiari, negotiate : see 
negotiate.'] Capable of being negotiated. Nego- 
tiable paper, negotiable Instrument, etc. , an evidence 
of debt which may be transferred by indorsement or deliv- 
ery, so that the transferee or holder may sue on it in his own 
name with like effect as if it had been made to him original- 
ly : such are bills of exchange, promissory notes, drafts, or 
checks payable to the order of a payee or to bearer. (Par- 
sons.) The peculiar effects of negotiability are, in the rule 
of law, that a transferee in good faith and for value, in the 
ordinary course of business and before maturity, can usu- 
ally recover of the maker, drawer, or acceptor, irrespective 
of defenses the latter might have against the transferrer ; 
and that a transferee by indorsement can recover of the 
indorser in case of default of the maker, acceptor, or 
drawer, if due notice thereof was given. A sealed instru- 
ment, unless issued by a corporation or state, is not usual- 
ly deemed negotiable. 
negotiant (ne-go'shi-ant), . [< F. negociant, < 
L. negotian(t'-)s, ppr. of negotiari, carry on busi- 
ness: see negotiate.] One who negotiates; a 
negotiator. 
Ambassadors, negotiants, and generally all other minis- 
ters of mean fortune in conversation with princes and 
superiours must use great respect. 
Raleigh, Arts of Empire, xxv. 
negotiate (ne-go'shi-at), v. ; pret. and pp. ne- 
gotiated, ppr. negotiating. [Formerly also nego- 
ciate; < L. negotiatus,yp. of negotiari ( > It. nego- 
ziare = Sp. Pg. negociar = F. negocier), carry 
on business, < negotium, business: see negoce.] 
1. intrans. If. To carry on business or trade. 
They that received the talents to negotiate with did all 
of them, except one, make profit of them. Hammond. 
2. To treat with another or others, as in the 
arrangement of a treaty, or in preliminaries to 
the transaction of any business; carry on ne- 
gotiations. 
He that negotiates between God and man. 
Cowper, Task, ii. 463. 
II. trans. 1. To arrange for or procure by ne- 
gotiation ; bring about by mutual arrangement, 
discussion, or bargaining: as, to negotiate a 
loan or a treaty. 
Lady is gone into the country with her lord, to 
negotiate, at leisure, then* intended separation. 
Chesterfield. 
The German chancellor, Bishop Conrad of Hildesheim, 
who had crowned the King of Cyprus, negotiated the mar- 
riage and succession. 
Stubbs, Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 171. 
2. To direct; manage; transact. 
I sent her to negotiate an Affair in which if I 'm detect- 
ed I 'm undone. Coni/reve, Way of the World, iii. 4. 
3. To handle; manage. [Colloq.] 
The rider's body must be kept close to the saddle in leap- 
ing, for if he were jerked up, the weight of say only a 10- 
stone man coming down on the horse a couple of seconds 
after he has negotiated a large fence is sufficient to throw 
him down. Encyc. Brit. , XII. 197. 
. [Formerly 
i = Sp. nego- 
ciacion''= Pg. negociaqao = It. negoziazione, < 
L. negotiatio(n-), the carrying on of business, a 
wholesale business, < negotiari, carry on busi- 
ness: see negotiate."] If. Trading; mercantile 
business ; trafficking. 
I exceedingly pitied this brave unhappy person, who had 
lost with these prizes 40,000 after 20 yeares' negotiation 
in y East Indies. Evelyn, Diary, Sept. 29, 1665. 
2. Mutual discussion and arrangement of the 
terms of a transaction or agreement, whether 
directly or by agents or intermediaries ; the act 
or process of treating with another or others in 
regard to the settlement of some matter, or for 
the purchase or sale of a commodity, etc. : as, 
the negotiation of a treaty or a loan. 
Any treaties of confederacy, of peace, of truce, of inter- 
course, of other forrein negotiations (that is specially noted 
for one of my inkhorn words). 
Harvey, Pierce's Supererogation. 
In negotiation with others, men are wrought by cunning, 
by importunity, and by vehemency. 
Bacon, Advancement of Learning, 11. 294. 
Languid war can do nothing which negotiation or sub- 
mission will not do better. 
Macaulay, HaUam's Const. Hist. 
3. In com., the act or procedure by which a bill 
of exchange, etc., is made negotiable that is, 
made capable, by acceptance and indorsement, 
of being passed from hand to hand in payment 
of indebtedness, or of being transferred to an- 
other for a consideration. See negotiable. 
negotiator (ne-go'shi-a-tor), n. [< F. negocia- 
tenr = Sp. Pg. negociador = It. negoziatore, < L. 
negotiator, one who does business by wholesale, 
a banker or factor, a tradesman, an agent, < ne- 
yotiari, carry on business: see negotiate."] One 
who negotiates ; one who treats with others as 
either principal or agent in commercial trans- 
actions, or in the making of national treaties or 
compacts. 
negotiatory (ne-go'shi-a-to-ri), a. [< LL. nego- 
tiatorius, of or belonging to trade or tradespeo- 
ple, < L. negotiator, a trader, negotiator: see 
negotiator."] Relating to negotiation. 
negotiatrix (ne-go'shi-a-triks), w. [= F. nego- 
ciatrice = It. negoziatrice, < LL. negotiatrix, fern, 
of L. negotiator, negotiator : see negotiator."] A 
female negotiator. 
Our fair negotiatrix prepared to show the usual degree 
of gratitude. Miss Edgeworlh, Manoeuvring, xv. 
negotiosityt (ne-go-shi-os'i-ti), n. [< L. negoti- 
osita(t-)s, an abundance of business or occupa- 
tion, < negotiosus, busy: see negations."] The 
state of being negotious, or engaged in busi- 
ness; continued and absorbing occupation. 
negotlOUSt (ne-go'shus), a. [= Sp. Pg. nego- 
cioso = It. negozioso, < L. negotiosus, full of busi- 
ness, busy, < negotium, business, occupation: 
see negoce. Cf. otiose.] Engrossed in business ; 
fully employed; busy; active. 
Some servants, if they be set about what they like, are 
very nimble and negations. J. Rogers. 
negotiousnesst (ne-go'shus-nes), w. The state 
of being actively employed; activity. 
God needs not our negotiousness, or double diligence, to 
bring his matters to pass. 
D. Rogers, Naaman the Syrian, p. 606. 
negress (ne'gres), n. [= F. negresse; as negro 
+ -ens. The Sp. Pg. It. term is negra.~\ A fe- 
male negro; a female of one of the black races 
of Africa. 
Negrillo (ne-gre'lyo), n. [< Sp. negrillo, dim. 
of negro, black: see negro.] Same as Negrito. 
negrita (ne-gre'ta), n. [Sp., fern, of negrito: 
see Negrito."] A serranoid fish, Hypoplectrus ni- 
yricans, of the Caribbean Sea and Florida, hav- 
ing large spur-like spines on the preopercle, a 
uniform dark color tinged with violet, and yel- 
low pectoral and caudal fins. 
Negritian (ne-grish'an), a. and w. See Nigri- 
tiiiii. 
Negrito (ne-gre'to), . [< Sp. negrito, dim. of 
iit'i/ro, black: see negro."] One of a diminutive 
dark-skinned negro-like race found in the Phil- 
ippine Islands (of which they seem to have been 
night, the sky, a storm, etc., to pitch, etc., to 
ivy, etc., to the complexion ('dark'), etc., and 
also to the black people of Africa, etc. (but the 
ordinary terms for ' African negro ' or ' African ' 
were JEtliiops and Afer); also, fig., sad, mourn- 
ful, gloomy, ill-omened, fatal, etc. Cf . Skt. nig, 
night ; but whether Skt. nic, night, is related to 
nahta, night, or either to L. niger, black, is not 
clear. From L. niger are also ult. E. nigrescen t, 
nigritude, Nigella, niello, anneal* (in part), etc. 
The words Moor*, blackamoor,m the same sense, 
are much older in E.] I. w. ; pi. negroes (-groz). 
A black man; specifically, one of a race of men 
characterized by a black skin and hair of a wool- 
ly or crisp nature. Negroes are distinguished from 
the other races by various other peculiarities such as the 
projection of the visage in advance of the forehead ; the 
prolongation of the upper and lower jaws ; the small facial 
angle ; the flatness of the forehead and of the hinder part 
of the head ; the short, broad, and flat nose ; and the thick 
projecting lips. The negro race is generally regarded as 
comprehending the native inhabitants of Sudan, Senegam- 
bia, and the region southward to the vicinity of the equa- 
tor and the great lakes, and their descendants in America 
and elsewhere ; in a wider sense it is used to comprise also 
many other tribes further south, as the Zulus and Kafirs. 
The word negro is often loosely applied to other dark or 
black-skinned races, and to mixed breeds. Asdesignating 
a "race," it is sometimes written with a capital. 
Toward the south of this region is the kyngedome of 
Guinea, with Senega, laiofo, Gambra, and manye other re- 
gions of the blacke Moores cauled Ethiopians or Negroe, 
all whiche are watered with the ryuer Negro, cauled in 
owlde tyme Niger. 
R. Eden, First Three English Books on America 
[(ed. Arber), p. 374. 
II. a. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of 
black men or negroes: as, negro blood; negro 
dances. 
It is often asked what Races are tfegro, as the meaning 
of the term is not well defined. . . . The word is not a 
National appellation, but denotes a physical type, of which 
the tribes in North Guinea are the representatives. When 
these characteristics are not all present, the Race is not 
Negro, though black and woolly-haired. 
R. N. Cust, Mod. Langs, of Africa, p. 53. 
Negro bat, Vetperugo maitrtis, a bat of a dark or black 
color, widely distributed in Europe and Asia. Negro 
cachexy, case, see the nouns. Negro coffee. See Cas- 
sia and coffee. Negro corn, or negro guinea-corn, a 
name given in the West Indies to Indian millet or durra. 
Negro fly, the Psila ros&, a dipterous insect, so named 
from Its shining-black color. It is also called carrot-fly, 
because the larva; are very destructive to carrots. Ne- 
gro lethargy. See lelhargyi. Negro minstrels. See 
minstrel, 3. Negro monkey, the budeng, Semnopithecus 
maurus. Negro peach, pepper, tamarin, yam. See 
the nouns. 
negro-bug (ne' gro-bug), n. A black, white- 
striped hemipterous insect, Corimelana pulica- 
ria, resembling the common chinch-bug. It feeds 
on the raspberry, strawberry, apple, quince, and many 
other plants, puncturing and injuring fruit, blossom, and 
stem, and imparting to the fruit a nauseous odor and taste 
which often render it unsalable. The name is extended 
to the other members of the Corimelcenidce. See cut un- 
der Corimelaena. 
negrofy (ne'gro-fi), v. t.; pret. and pp. negrojied, 
ppr. negrofy ing. [< negro + -fy.~\ To turn into 
a negro. Davies. [Rare.] 
And if no kindly cloud will parasol me, 
My very cellular membrane will be changed ; 
I shall be mgrofied. Southey, Nondescripts, iii. 
negro-head (ne'gro-hed),H. 1. A kind of tobac- 
co: same as cavendish. 2. An impure quality 
of South American india-rubber, entering com- 
merce in the form of large balls. Encyc. Brit. 
negroid (ne'groid), a. [< negro + -oid.~] Re- 
sembling or akin to the negroes. Also negroliiil. 
A series of life sized models in native costume, com- 
mencing with the diminutive unclad Andamanese. negroid 
in colour. Westminster Rev., CXXVI. SI. 
Negroid type or race, in the classification of Huxley, one 
of the chief types of mankind ; the negro and negro-like 
tribes. 
negroism (ne'gro-izm), . [< negro + -ism.] A 
peculiarity, as in pronunciation, grammar, or 
choice anil use of words, of English as spoken 
by negroes, especially in the southern United 
States. 
The slang which is an ingrained part of his being, as 
deep-dyed as his skin, is, with him [the negro], not mere 
word-distortion ; it is his verbal breath of life, caught from 
his surroundings and wrought up by him into the wonder- 
ful figure-speech specimens of which will be given later 
under the head of XegroismR. 
Tram. Amer. Philol. ^w.,XVI.. App.. p. xxxi. 
