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leucæthiop|l(j)uːˈsiːθɪəp|
Also leucoethiop.
[f. Gr. λευκ-ός white (see leuco-) + αἰθίοπ-, αἰθίοψ an Ethiopian.
Some have written leucœthiop, perh. influenced by the transliteration leucœ æthiopes (for λευκοί αἰθίοπες) in the ordinary text of Pliny N.H. v. viii.]
An albino of a Negro race. So ˌleucæthiˈopia, the constitution of a leucæthiop. ˌleucæthiˈopic a., characterized by leucæthiopia.
1819W. Lawrence Physiol. 287 Their peculiar constitution..may be conveniently termed, after some modern authors, leucæthiopia. Ibid. 510 The same parents at different times have leucæthiopic children, and others with the ordinary formation, and characters. 1860R. F. Burton Centr. Afr. I. 109 The people..call these leucœthiops [sic; but leucæthiops in Index] Wazungu, ‘white men’. [Mod. Dicts. have chiefly leucoethiop, leucœthiop.] |