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Japhetic, a.|dʒəˈfɛtɪk|
Also Japetic.
[f. Japheth (or L. Japetus) + -ic.]
Of or belonging to Japheth, one of the sons of Noah; descended or supposed to be descended from Japheth: sometimes applied to the Indo-European family.
1828Webster s.v., The Japhetic nations, which people the North of Asia and all Europe. Japhetic languages. 1842Prichard Nat. Hist. Man 136 The Indo-European or Japetic people. 1865W. Smith O. Test. Hist. (1876) 37 The allusion to the light complexion of the Japhetic races. 1877Dawson Orig. World xii. 260 A spontaneous growth of the Japetic stock scattered by the Cushite empire.
So Japhetite |ˈdʒeɪfɛtaɪt|, also Japhethite, a descendant of Japheth.
1863J. G. Murphy Comm. Gen. ix. 25 The Persians, the Macedonians, and the Romans, who were all Japhethites. 1877Dawson Orig. World xiii. 268 The Japhetites of the Bible include none of the black races. |