ethiopic

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: E=thi=op=ic

CIDE DICTIONARY

ethiopic, a. 

 Of or relating to Ethiopia or the Ethiopians.  [1913 Webster]

ethiopic, n. 

 The language of ancient Ethiopia; the language of the ancient Abyssinian empire (in Ethiopia), now used only in the Abyssinian church. It is of Semitic origin, and is also called Geez.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

ethiopic, n. & adj.
--n. the Christian liturgical language of Ethiopia.
--adj. of or in this language.

Etymology

L aethiopicus f. Gk aithiopikos: see ETHIOPIAN

ROGET THESAURUS

ethiopic

Blackness

VB be black, render black, blacken, infuscate, denigrate, blot, blotch, smutch, smirch, darken, black, sable, swarthy, somber, dark, inky, ebony, ebon, atramentous, jetty, coal-black, jet-black, fuliginous, pitchy, sooty, swart, dusky, dingy, murky, Ethiopic, low-toned, low in tone, of the deepest dye, black as jet, black as my hat, black as a shoe, black as a tinker's pot, black as November, black as thunder, black as midnight, nocturnal, nigrescent, gray, obscure.