Semitics

American

[suh-mit-iks] / səˈmɪt ɪks /

noun

(used with a singular verb)

the study of Semitic languages, literature, etc.

Semitics British

/ 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, see Semitic, -ics

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Semitics

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

From Reuters ● May 19, 2011

Harold H. Rowley, senior professor 'in Manchester's Semitics department and Allegro's onetime teacher, spanked him soundly.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by B.D.

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