单词 | shemitic |
释义 | Shemiticadj.n. A. adj. 1. Designating or belonging to a family of languages of which Hebrew, Aramaic, Arabic, Ethiopic, and ancient Assyrian, are members; = Semitic adj. 1a Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Afro-Asiatic > [adjective] > Semitic Shemite1791 Semitic1800 Shemitic1822 Shemitish1822 1822 tr. C. Malte-Brun Universal Geogr. I. xxiii. 570 As most of the nations that speak these languages descend, according to Moses, from Shem, this stock has been distinguished under the general name of the Shemitic languages [Fr. langues sémitiques]. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Introd. p. xvi/2 The real original sense of this Shemitic verb is to remove. 1933 Ogden (Utah) Standard-Examiner 27 Mar. 7/1 The Shemitic division is further divided into the Arab, Babylonian, Hebrew and others. 1960 S. Potter Lang. in Mod. World 111 The Shemitic or Semitic and Hamitic languages belong to one family called Hamito-Semitic. 2. Of or relating to the Shemites; = Semitic adj. 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > Semite > [adjective] Shemite1791 Semitic1814 Shemitic1841 Semite1855 Hamito-Semitic1867 Semito-Hamitic1875 1841 J. Beecham Ashantee & Gold Coast Notes 348 If they are the descendants of Phut, then they are not of Shemitic origin, for Phut was the third son of Ham. 1873 C. G. Leland Egyptian Sketch-bk. 251 A true Shemitic mania for making money. 2011 T. H. Perdue Passover & Sukkot cxvi. 338 Shem had him [sc. Nimrod] killed, for his blasphemy against the Shemitic God. A Semite; = Semitic n. 2. Also: any of the Semitic languages. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1845 J. Kitto Cycl. Biblical Lit. II. at Philistines The Shemitics gave place to the Hellenics—a change which dates from the time of Minos. 1871 Calcutta Rev. 53 p. xliv Shemitics have always exhibited a high development of the organ of history. 1887 New People's Cycl. (ed. 19) IV. 1693/1 The name in Shemitic (Tau) signifies a mark (in the form of a cross). DerivativesΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > Semite > Semitic [verb (transitive)] Semitize1858 Semiticize1860 Shemiticize1862 1862 tr. J. E. Renan Ess. Age & Antiq. Bk. Nabathæan Agric. iii. 88 The Parsees..have more or less Shemiticised [Fr. sémitisé] their entire mythology. 1863 R. S. Poole in W. Smith Dict. Bible III. 1815/2 The Egyptian words occurring in Hebrew are few, and the forms of some of them evidently Shemiticized. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1822 |
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