Copt
noun
1.
a member of the Coptic Church.
2.
a native Egyptian claiming descent from the ancient Egyptians.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a member of the Coptic Church |
| 2. | an Egyptian descended from the ancient Egyptians |
| [C17: from Arabic qubt Copts, from Coptic kyptios Egyptian, from Greek Aiguptios, from Aiguptos Egypt] | |
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Copt
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Word Origin & History
Copt
"native monophosyte Christian of Egypt," 1610s, from Mod.L. Coptus, from Arabic quft, probably from Coptic gyptios, from Gk. Agyptios "Egyptian." Arabic has no -p- and often substitutes -f- or -b- for it. Related: Coptic (1670s).
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