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Æthiop

Æthiop is the obsolete form of Ethiop.

Meaning of Ethiop

Noun

Ethiop (plural Ethiops)

  1. (archaic) A native or inhabitant of Ethiopia.
  2. (archaic) Any black-skinned person.
    • But when I came I fell down at his feet,
      Saying, "Father, though the Lord's blood be right sweet,
      The spot it takes not off the panther's skin,
      Nor shall an Ethiop's stain be bleached with it.1862-1866, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Laus Veneris

Forms of Æthiop

pluralÆthiops

Words formed from Æthiop

Questions about Æthiop

What is Æthiop the obsolete form of?
Æthiop is the obsolete form of Ethiop.

Words near Æthiop in the dictionary

  1. æthereall
  2. ætherial
  3. ætheriall
  4. ætheric
  5. æthers
  6. Æthiop
  7. Æthiopia
  8. Æthiopian
  9. Æthiopians
  10. Æthiopic
  11. æthiops

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Æthiop (page history and authors); Ethiop (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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