Semitics

American

[suh-mit-iks] / səˈmɪt ɪks /

noun

(used with a singular verb)

the study of Semitic languages, literature, etc.

Semitics British

/ ˈsɛmɪtɪst, sɪˈmɪtɪks /

noun

(functioning as singular) the study of Semitic languages and culture

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Other Word Forms

Semitist noun

Etymology

Origin of Semitics

1870–75, Semitic, -ics

Example Sentences

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After having occupied for twenty years the chair of Semitics at the university of Leipzig, he retired to Prostnitz.

From Project Gutenberg

"I'm not offended on the level of being a Jew, I'm offended on the level of semiotics, not Semitics."

From Reuters

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