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Semitic - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Semitic : adj
1: of or relating to the group of Semitic languages; "Semitic
tongues have a complicated morphology" [syn: Semitic]
2: of or relating to or characteristic of Semites; "Semite
peoples" [syn: Semite, Semitic]
(noun)
1: a major branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family [syn: Semitic]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Semitic : \Sem*it"ic\, a.
Of or pertaining to Shem or his descendants; belonging to
that division of the Caucasian race which includes the Arabs,
Jews, and related races. [Written also Shemitic.]
Semitic language, a name used to designate a group of
Asiatic and African languages, some living and some dead,
namely: Hebrew and Ph[oe]nician, Aramaic, Assyrian,
Arabic, Ethiopic (Geez and Ampharic). --Encyc. Brit.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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Example Usage of Semitic |
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lenatweet: @SeeSionna anti-gay and anti-Semitic? i guess if you're goin' in a hand basket anyway... |
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angelkutty: @jabraham23 haha yeah, it was an excerpt from the book :) i've heard mixed things about him being racist, anti-Semitic... even facist |
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drawclose: comparing symbol-sets: sufi poetry vs. Raiders of the Lost Ark. Dialogue - Western vs. Eastern consciousness. The Semitic mind wins, btw. |
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