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E⋅gyp⋅tian

[i-jip-shuhn]
–adjective
1. of or pertaining to Egypt or its people: Egyptian architecture.
2. Obsolete. of or pertaining to the Gypsies.
–noun
3. a native or inhabitant of Egypt.
4. the extinct Afroasiatic language of the ancient Egyptians. Abbreviation: Egypt.
5. a printing type having square serifs.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME (see Egypt, -ian ); r. Egiptish, OE Egiptisc, equiv. to Egipt- + -isc -ish 1


E⋅gyp⋅tian⋅ism, E⋅gyp⋅tic⋅i⋅ty [ee-jip-tis-i-tee] , noun
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