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Ethiop

[ ee-thee-op ]

adjective



Ethiop

/ ˈiːθɪˌəʊp; ˈiːθɪˌɒp /

adjective

  1. archaic words for Black
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Ethiop1

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin Aethiops < Greek Aithíops
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Example Sentences

Christians like these the Ethiop shall condemn: When that the two assemblages shall part; One rich eternally, the other poor.

Love, the greatest of all blessings, shines upon the dark brow of death "like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear."

Even the skin of the Ethiop is not exempt from the attention of the quacks.

The Ethiop showed his teeth like ivory studs on a coral band, while the rings shook in his wrinkled ears as he took the largess.

The dawn comes slowly, but the Westering day leaps like a lover to the dusky bosom of the Ethiop night.

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