SINCE 1828
Japhetic
adjective
Ja·phet·ic
| \ jəˈfetik, (ˈ)jā¦f-\
Definition of Japhetic
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: relating to or derived from Japheth who was a son of Noah
—used vaguely as an ethnological epithet for the Caucasians of Europe and some adjacent parts of Asia
2
: of, relating to, or constituting a group of early non-Indo-European languages in Europe and western Asia assumed by some to form one family with the Caucasian languages and including Basque, Etruscan, Minoan, and sometimes Sumerian and Elamite — compare asianic
Japhetic
noun
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plural -s
Definition of Japhetic (Entry 2 of 2)
1
: the Japhetic languages
2
: a Japhetic language
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