ethiops
/ˈiːθɪˌɒps/(also aethiops) Chemistry. Now historical
noun
Any of certain typically black or dark-coloured substances made by chemical means; a dark residue or precipitate; especially = ethiops mineral.
- Recorded earliest in ethiops mineral. vegetable ethiops: see the first element..
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in John Pechey (d. 1718). From classical Latin Aethiops inhabitant of Ethiopia, in post-classical Latin also denoting a black substance.
- prismy
- prison
- prison bar
- prison base
- prison-bird
- prison-bound
- prison breach
- prison breaker
- prison breaking
- prison camp
- prison cell
- prison crop
- prison-cropped
- prison door
- prison editor
- prisoner
- prisoner of conscience
- prisoner of state
- Prisoner of the Crown
- prisoner of war
- prisoner-of-war camp
- prisoner-of-wardom
- prisoners' bars
- prisoners bars
- prisoner's bars