heathen, heathenish, pagan, ethnic
(adjective) not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam
cultural, ethnic, ethnical
(adjective) denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people; “influenced by ethnic and cultural ties”- J.F.Kennedy; “ethnic food”
ethnic
(noun) a person who is a member of an ethnic group
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ethnic (comparative more ethnic, superlative most ethnic)
Of or relating to a group of people having common racial, ancestral, national, religious or cultural origins.
Characteristic of a foreign, usually non-Western culture.
Representative of a folk or traditional mode of expression.
(historical) Heathen, not Jewish, Christian, or Muslim.
• (culturally foreign): exotic
• (heathen): pagan, gentile
ethnic (plural ethnics)
An ethnic person, especially a foreigner or member of an immigrant community.
An ethnic minority.
(archaic) A heathen, a pagan.
(in classical scholarship) the demonym of an Ancient Greek city
• techni-
Source: Wiktionary
Eth"nic, Eth"nic*al, a. Etym: [L. ethnicus, Gr. ethnique.]
1. Belonging to races or nations; based on distinctions of race; ethnological.
2. Pertaining to the gentiles, or nations not converted to Christianity; heathen; pagan; -- opposed to Jewish and Christian.
Eth"nic n.
Definition: A heathen; a pagan. [Obs.] No better reported than impure ethnic and lay dogs. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 May 2025
(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
