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
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
