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Afric, a. and n. arch. or poet.|ˈæfrɪk| Also Af(f)rick, 6 Africke. [ad. L. Africus African.] A. adj. Of or pertaining to Africa; African. B. n. A native of Africa; an African Negro. rare.
1590Spenser F.Q. iii. iii, Beyond the Africk Ismael. 1591J. Harington tr. Ariosto's Orlando Fur. i. i, The Moores transported all their might On Affrick seas the force of France to breake. a1592Greene Friar Bacon (1594) sig. F3r l. 1382 The Africke Dates mirabiles of Spaine. 1667Milton P.L. i. 585 Or whom Biserta sent from Afric shore. 1733Swift On Poetry 12 So Geographers in Afric-Maps With Savage-Pictures fill their Gaps. 1876N. American Rev. CXXIII. 446 Then will the Afric indeed have changed his skin and the leopard his spots. 1897L. Johnson In Ireland 98 Make kind to him the Afric sun, The Afric stars and moon. 1956J. Masefield in Times 27 Jan. 9 So be the Africk visit of our Queen. |