I. əˈkādēən, aˈ-, äˈ-, -käd- adjective
or accadian
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Akkad, northern division of ancient Babylonia + English -ian
1. : of or relating to Akkad, the Accad of Gen 10:10, identified by some with Agade, near Sippar, north of Babylon
2. archaic : sumerian
3. : of or belonging to the Semitic inhabitants of central Mesopotamia before 2000 B.C. — compare assyrian , babylonian , sumerian
4. : of or relating to Akkadian
II. noun
( -s )
Usage: capitalized
1. archaic : sumerian
2. : one of the Semitic inhabitants of central Mesopotamia before 2000 B.C.
3.
a. : an ancient Semitic language of Mesopotamia used from about the 28th to the 1st century B.C. as the vehicle of a widely varied literature in cuneiform writing — see assyrian , babylonian
b. : the earliest known stage of this language, used by the Akkadians : old Akkadian