Ethiopic adjective & noun. [i:Ɵɪ'ɒpɪk] Also Aethiopic. M17.
[Latin aethiopicus from Greek aithiopikos, from Aithiop-: see ETHIOP, -IC.]
A. adjective. Orig. = ETHIOPIAN adjective 1. Now, designating the languages Ethiopic and Geez; written in or employing one of these languages. M17.
b. noun. Any of several Semitic languages related to Arabic and spoken in Ethiopia and neighbouring areas. Also = GEEZ. E18.

■ Ethiopical adjective: only in L16.

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