Filipino, Philippine
(adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of the Philippines or its people or customs; “the Philippine President”; “our Filipino cook”
Philippine, Filipino
(noun) official language of the Philippines; based on Tagalog; draws its lexicon from other Philippine languages
Filipino
(noun) a native or inhabitant of the Philippines
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Fil`i*pi"no, n.; pl. Filipinos (#). [Sp.]
Definition: A native of the Philippine Islands, specif. one of Spanish descent or of mixed blood.
Then there are Filipinos, -- "children of the country," they are called, -- who are supposed to be pure-blooded descendants of Spanish settlers. But there are few of them without some touch of Chinese or native blood. The Century.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 June 2025
(adjective) having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor); “allergic children”; “hypersensitive to pollen”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
