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1. (n.) Semitic
a family of languages, a branch of the Afroasiatic family, comprising a number of ancient and modern languages of SW Asia and Africa, as Akkadian, Aramaic, Hebrew, Arabic, and Amharic.
2. (adj.) Semitic
of or pertaining to the Semitic languages or their speakers.
Etymology: (< NL sēmīticus=sēmīt(a)Semite+-icus -ic)
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1. (adj) Semitic
a major branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family
2. (adj) Semitic
of or relating to the group of Semitic languages
"Semitic tongues have a complicated morphology"
3. (adj) Semite, Semitic
of or relating to or characteristic of Semites
"Semite peoples"
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1. (adj) semitic
of or pertaining to Shem or his descendants; belonging to that division of the Caucasian race which includes the Arabs, Jews, and related races
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