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Aethiope

Aethiope 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 Aethiope

pluralAethiopes

Questions about Aethiope

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

Words near Aethiope in the dictionary

  1. aethers
  2. aethiology
  3. aethione
  4. aethiopathological
  5. aethiopatogenesis
  6. Aethiope
  7. Aethiopes
  8. Aethiopia
  9. aethiops
  10. aethioside
  11. aethrian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Aethiope (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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