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Afric

Afric adjective: african.

Adjective

Afric (comparative more Afric, superlative most Afric)

  1. (archaic, poetic) African.
    • One woman speaks saying I have never seen any human this black. I have says another, this one is as black as others I have seen. She is Afric. Afric and much more, says another.2008, Toni Morrison, A Mercy, Chatto & Windus, page 109

Noun

Afric (plural Africs)

  1. (archaic) An African.
    • Two of the largest animals of Africa were much desired by the directors of the museum, viz.: the double horned Rhinoceros, and the Hippopotamus. In search of them he wandered among the Hottentots and the Africs, the latter of whom were at that time much incensed against Europeans, and carried on a...1822, The Saturday Magazine, page 254

Proper noun

Afric

  1. (archaic, poetic) Africa.

Forms of Afric

Adjective
comparativemore Afric
superlativemost Afric
Noun
pluralAfrics

Origin of Afric

Circa 1425; from Middle English Affrike, Affrique, Affryke, from Latin Āfricus. Compare early Old English Africe (attested only in one translation).

From Middle English Affrike, Affryk, Affryke, possibly from Middle French Affrique, Affrike, from Latin Āfrica.

Questions about Afric

What does Afric mean?
Afric means african.
What part of speech is Afric?
Afric can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.

Words near Afric in the dictionary

  1. afreit
  2. afreits
  3. Afrena
  4. afresh
  5. afribumab
  6. Afric
  7. Africa
  8. Africa time
  9. Africa-Eurasia
  10. Africa-wide
  11. African

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