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¹Semitic

adjective Se·mit·ic \sə-ˈmi-tik also -ˈme-\

: of or relating to the language family that includes Hebrew and Arabic

: of or relating to the Semites

Full Definition of SEMITIC

: of, relating to, or constituting a subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic language family that includes Hebrew, Aramaic, Arabic, and Amharic

: of, relating to, or characteristic of the Semites

: jewish

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Origin of SEMITIC

German semitisch, from Semit, Semite Semite, probably from New Latin Semita, from Late Latin Sem Shem

First Known Use: 1813

Other Jewish Religion Terms

Talmud, Zion, challah, dybbuk, kosher, tabernacle, tetragrammaton, yarmulke

²Semitic

noun

Definition of SEMITIC

: any or all of the Semitic languages

First Known Use of SEMITIC

1831

Other Language Terms

cognate, collocation, homonym

Rhymes with SEMITIC

arthritic, bauxitic, bronchitic, calcitic, chloritic, Cushitic, dendritic, enclitic, form critic, granitic, graphitic, Hamitic, jaditic, lignitic, mephitic, nephritic, New Critic, pleuritic, proclitic, pruritic, pyritic, rachitic, Sanskritic, Shemitic, Sinitic, stylitic, sulfitic

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