ˈēləˌmīt noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Elam, ancient kingdom east of Babylonia + English -ite
1. : one of an ancient people living northeast of Babylonia whose civilization goes back to the fifth millennium B.C.
2. also elam·it·ic ˌēləˈmid.ik : a language of unknown affinities used in Elam and known from texts ranging in date approximately from the 25th to the 4th centuries B.C. and mostly in cuneiform characters — called also Anzanite, Susian