Semitic Semitic /sɪˈmɪt.ɪk/ aep /səˈmɪt̬-/ adjective
1 F0 relating to the race of people that includes Arabs and Jews, or to their languages: » Hebrew and Arabic are Semitic languages.→ SEE ALSO ANTI-SEMITIC(Cf. ↑anti-Semitic)Thesaurus+: ↑Language namesThesaurus+: ↑People of specific racial or ethnic background2 F0 OLD USE Jewish Thesaurus+: ↑People of specific racial or ethnic background3 F0 describes races such as the Babylonians and Phoenicians that existed in ancient times Thesaurus+: ↑Names of groups of people who lived in the past |