egyptian
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- 14
- Words With Friends
- 16
- Letters
- 8
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Definition of egyptian
5 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
- (not-comparable)Of, from, or pertaining to Egypt, the Egyptian people or the Egyptian language.
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adj
- (not-comparable)Of, from, or pertaining to Egypt, the Egyptian people or the Egyptian language.
noun
- A person from Egypt or of Egyptian descent.
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(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
- The Afroasiatic language spoken (and written) in ancient Egypt
- 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.
Words you can make from egyptian
188 playable · top: EPIGYNA (13 pts)
Best play epigyna 13 points6-letter words
11 words5-letter words
24 words4-letter words
63 words- GAPY 10 pts
- PATY 9 pts
- PINY 9 pts
- PITY 9 pts
- PYIN 9 pts
- TYPE 9 pts
- YIPE 9 pts
- YAGE 8 pts
- YAGI 8 pts
- YANG 8 pts
- AYIN 7 pts
- GAPE 7 pts
- PAGE 7 pts
- PANG 7 pts
- PEAG 7 pts
- PING 7 pts
- TINY 7 pts
- TIYN 7 pts
- TYIN 7 pts
- TYNE 7 pts
- YEAN 7 pts
- YETI 7 pts
- NAPE 6 pts
- NEAP 6 pts
- NIPA 6 pts
- PAIN 6 pts
- PANE 6 pts
- PANT 6 pts
- PATE 6 pts
- PEAN 6 pts
- PEAT 6 pts
- PEIN 6 pts
- PENT 6 pts
- PIAN 6 pts
- PINA 6 pts
- PINE 6 pts
- PINT 6 pts
- PITA 6 pts
- TAPE 6 pts
- TEPA 6 pts
- AGIN 5 pts
- GAEN 5 pts
- GAIN 5 pts
- GAIT 5 pts
- GANE 5 pts
- GATE 5 pts
- GEAN 5 pts
- GENT 5 pts
- GETA 5 pts
- GIEN 5 pts
- GITE 5 pts
- GNAT 5 pts
- TANG 5 pts
- TING 5 pts
- ANTE 4 pts
- ANTI 4 pts
- ETNA 4 pts
- NEAT 4 pts
- NITE 4 pts
- TAIN 4 pts
- TEIN 4 pts
- TIAN 4 pts
- TINE 4 pts
3-letter words
68 words- GYP 9 pts
- PAY 8 pts
- PYA 8 pts
- PYE 8 pts
- YAP 8 pts
- YEP 8 pts
- YIP 8 pts
- GAY 7 pts
- GEY 7 pts
- YAG 7 pts
- ANY 6 pts
- AYE 6 pts
- GAP 6 pts
- GIP 6 pts
- NAY 6 pts
- PEG 6 pts
- PIG 6 pts
- TYE 6 pts
- YEA 6 pts
- YEN 6 pts
- YET 6 pts
- YIN 6 pts
- APE 5 pts
- APT 5 pts
- NAP 5 pts
- NIP 5 pts
- PAN 5 pts
- PAT 5 pts
- PEA 5 pts
- PEN 5 pts
- PET 5 pts
- PIA 5 pts
- PIE 5 pts
- PIN 5 pts
- PIT 5 pts
- TAP 5 pts
- TIP 5 pts
- AGE 4 pts
- ENG 4 pts
- GAE 4 pts
- GAN 4 pts
- GAT 4 pts
- GEN 4 pts
- GET 4 pts
- GIE 4 pts
- GIN 4 pts
- GIT 4 pts
- NAG 4 pts
- NEG 4 pts
- TAG 4 pts
- TEG 4 pts
- AIN 3 pts
- AIT 3 pts
- ANE 3 pts
- ANI 3 pts
- ANT 3 pts
- ATE 3 pts
- EAT 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- NAE 3 pts
- NET 3 pts
- NIT 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TAN 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
- TIE 3 pts
- TIN 3 pts
2-letter words
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