Abyssinian
The Amharic language.
Adjective
- Of or pertaining to Ethiopia or its inhabitants; Ethiopian.
- Our men are frightened of these Abyssinian women. - 2019, Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King, Canongate Books (2020), page 335:
- Of or pertaining to the Abyssinian Church.
- This king [Fasilides] immediately restored the Abyssinian doctrines, and hunted out the Jesuit missionaries. - 1922, H[erbert] Weld Blundell, “Appendix G. Christianity in Abyssinia.”, in The Royal Chronicle of...
- The Abyssinian rite has fourteen different eucharistic prayers for use on different liturgical days; […] - 1945 August, Gregory Dix, “Variable Prayers in the Eastern Rites”, in The Shape of the Liturgy, 2nd edition,...
- Among the documents, according to the chronicler [João de] Barros, was information brought to Lisbon by an Abyssinian priest, one Lucas Marcos, in 1490. - 1952, Henry H[ersch] Hart, “The Ships’ Companies”, in Sea Road...
Origin
From Abyssinia + -n.
Forms
Derived
Abyssinian banana Abyssinian cat Abyssinian fox Abyssinian gold Abyssinian mohr Abyssinianness Abyssinian primrose Abyssinian tea Abyssinian well
Proper noun
- The Amharic language.
Forms
Noun
- A short-haired domestic cat descended from the cats of ancient Egypt, making it one of the oldest breeds in the world.
Synonyms: Aby Abyssinian cat
- A member of the Abyssinian Church.
- A native of Ethiopia.
- A group of Abyssinians are astride horses in brightly colored saddles at the top of the hill across the valley. - 2019, Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King, Canongate Books (2020), page 308: