egyptian

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
16
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ɪˈd͡ʒɪpʃn̩/
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/ɪˈd͡ʒɪpʃn̩/ · /əˈd͡ʒɪpʃən/

Definition of egyptian

5 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Of, from, or pertaining to Egypt, the Egyptian people or the Egyptian language.
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Of, from, or pertaining to Egypt, the Egyptian people or the Egyptian language.

noun

  1. A person from Egypt or of Egyptian descent.
  2. (dated)A gypsy.
    “The people then assembled in this barn were no other than a company of Egyptians, or, as they are vulgarly called, gypsies, and they were now celebrating the wedding of one of their society.”
    “I went to see the Egyptian, and the Hoodoo doctors too. They shook their heads, and told me there was nothing they could do.”

name

  1. The Afroasiatic language spoken (and written) in ancient Egypt
  2. The modern Egyptian Arabic language.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle English Egipcien, egyptiane. Displaced Old English Egyptisċ. By surface analysis, Egypt + -ian.

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