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Asiatic

//eɪʒiˈætɪk// adj, noun, slang

Definitions

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
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.

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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