| 释义 |
Japhetian, a. and n.|dʒəˈfiːtɪən|
[f. Japhetī or Japheth + -ian.]
A. adj. = next.
B. n. A descendant of Japheth, one of the sons of Noah.
1850J. Jordan in Chr. Sabbath ii. 52 They were derived from a different family of Japhetians than the Greeks. Ibid. 53 The Hindus are not of Shemitic but of Japhetian origin. 1887I. Taylor in Nature 20 Oct. 597/2 The pre-scientific Japhetian theory and the Caucasian theory..have long been abandoned. |