Asiatic

[ ey-zhee-at-ik, ey-shee-, ey-zee- ]

/ ˌeɪ ʒiˈæt ɪk, ˌeɪ ʃi-, ˌeɪ zi- /

adjective

Asian.

noun Usually Offensive.

an Asian person.

Origin of Asiatic

1625–35; < Latin Asiāticus < Greek Asiātikos. See Asia, -tic

usage note for Asiatic

See Asian.

OTHER WORDS FROM Asiatic

A·si·at·i·cal·ly, adverb half-A·si·at·ic, adjective non-A·si·at·ic, adjective, noun pro-A·si·at·ic, adjective

trans-A·si·at·ic, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH Asiatic

Asian Asiatic Oriental (see usage note at Asian)

Example sentences from the Web for asiatic

They govern in the Asiatic way—by fraud if possible—if not, by force.

Secret History of the English Occupation of Egypt |Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
Its a sad pity, too, said a young woman; for look how handsome he is with those dark Asiatic eyes!

Darkness and Dawn |Frederic W. Farrar
Every available bit of African or Asiatic territory was claimed by one of the rival powers.

The Story of Mankind |Hendrik Van Loon
The Pharaohs married Asiatic wives, and their courts became gradually Asiatised.

Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations |Archibald Sayce

The mixed blood of these two essentially Asiatic races has produced a type closely resembling that of European nations.

Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. |Xavier Hommaire de Hell

British Dictionary definitions for asiatic

Asiatic

/ (ˌeɪʃɪˈætɪk, -zɪ-) /

noun, adjective

a word formerly used for Asian

usage for Asiatic

Asiatic is the correct word to use in scientific language when talking about flora, fauna and anthropology, for instance Asiatic lion . Using it as a noun is offensive and old-fashioned

BROWSE DICTIONARY

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Asiatic

adjective

noun Usually Offensive.

Origin of Asiatic

usage note for Asiatic

OTHER WORDS FROM Asiatic

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH Asiatic

Example sentences from the Web for asiatic

British Dictionary definitions for asiatic

noun, adjective

usage for Asiatic