English Explanatory Dictionary

Japhetic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to the supposed descendants of Japheth, one of the three sons of Noah in the Bible.
  2. Of or pertaining to the supposed languages spoken by the descendants of Japheth.

Word forms

Japhetic more Japhetic most Japhetic Iapetic Japhethic

Etymology

The English Japheth or the Latin Iapetus, + -ic. Coined in the first half of the 19th century alongside Semitic and Hamitic.

Synonyms

Japhetite Japhethitic Japhetitic
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