Asiatic

//eɪʒiˈætɪk// adj, noun, slang

adj, noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An Asian. dated, offensive, sometimes

    "[…] the Aryan races will not wholesomely amalgamate with the Africans or the Asiatics […] the cross of those races, like the cross of the dog and the fox, is not successful; it cannot be, and never will be."

  2. 2
    a native or inhabitant of Asia wordnet
  3. 3
    One of the people of ancient Canaan, Syria, or Mesopotamia; a Semite.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Asian, specifically, relating to the parts of Asia east of Egypt, i.e the Middle East or West Asia. dated
  2. 2
    Eccentric or crazy as a result of spending a long time in the Far East. slang

    "A soldier might grab his rifle and batter his way to the heart of some Jap position. Back home they gave him all sorts of medals but his companions dismissed him as the poor bastard who finally went Asiatic."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
asianasianasian

Example

More examples

"In his essay "Esperanto: European or Asiatic language" Claude Piron has shown the similarities between Esperanto and Chinese, thereby putting to rest the notion that Esperanto is purely eurocentric."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin āsiāticus; equivalent to Asia + -atic.

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