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 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
