ETHIOPIC


Meaning of ETHIOPIC in English

I. |ēthē|äpik, -|ōp- adjective

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: Latin Aethiopicus, from Greek Aithiopikos, from Aithiopia Ethiopia + Greek -ikos -ic

1. : ethiopian 1, 4

2.

a. : of, relating to, characteristic of, or constituting the language Ethiopic

b. : of, relating to, characteristic of, or constituting a group of related Semitic languages spoken in Ethiopia including the classical Ethiopic, Tigre, Tigrinya, Amharic, Argobba, Harari, and Gurage

II. noun

Usage: capitalized

1. : a Semitic language formerly spoken in Ethiopia and still in use as the liturgical language of the Christian church in Ethiopia — called also Geez

2. : the Ethiopic group of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family of languages

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.