'Semitic' definitions:
Definition of 'Semitic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or relating to the group of Semitic languages; "Semitic tongues have a complicated morphology"
adjective
Of or relating to or characteristic of Semites; "Semite peoples" [syn: Semite, Semitic]
noun
A major branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family
Definition of 'Semitic'
From: GCIDE
- Semitic \Sem*it"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to Shem or his descendants; belonging to that division of the Caucasian race which includes the Arabs, Jews, and related races. [Written also Shemitic.] [1913 Webster]
- Semitic language, a name used to designate a group of Asiatic and African languages, some living and some dead, namely: Hebrew and Ph[oe]nician, Aramaic, Assyrian, Arabic, Ethiopic (Geez and Ampharic). --Encyc. Brit. [1913 Webster]