| 释义 |
egyp·tian
I. \-pshən\ adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Middle English Egipcian, from Old French egipcien, adjective & noun, from Egipte Egyptian (from Latin Aegyptus, from Greek Aigyptos) + Old French -ien -ian
1. : of or relating to Egypt, the Egyptians, or the Egyptian language
< Egyptian architecture >
< Egyptian conquest >
2. [from the reference in Exod 10:22 to a plague of darkness visited upon Egyptian] : extreme, intense — usually used in the phrase Egyptian darkness
II. noun
(-s)
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: Middle English Egipcien, Egipcian, from Middle French egipcien
1. : a native or inhabitant of Egypt
2. : the Afro-Asiatic language of the ancient Egyptians from earliest times to about the 3d century A.D. — compare coptic, demotic egyptian, middle egyptian, new egyptian, old egyptian; see afro-asiatic languages table
3. : the ancient Egyptian system of writing in any of its forms — see demotic, hieratic, hieroglyphic
4. obsolete : gypsy
5. [so called from the fact that Cairo is a principal city] : a native or inhabitant of southern Illinois — used as a nickname
6. often not capitalized : a heavy typeface having little contrast between thick and thin strokes and thick squared serifs |