Sinaic

English

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /saɪˈnaɪ.ɪk/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sʌɪˈneɪ.ɪk/, /sɪˈneɪ.ɪk/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪɪk, -aɪɪk
  • Hyphenation: Si‧na‧ic

Etymology 1

From Sinai + -ic, q.v.

Adjective

Sinaic (comparative more Sinaic, superlative most Sinaic)

  1. Synonym of Sinaitic, of or related to Mount Sinai, Egypt. [1769]
    Sinaic law... Sinaic covenant... Sinaic code...

Etymology 2

From Sinae + -ic, q.v., under influence of Judaic, Altaic, etc. and French sinique.

Adjective

Sinaic (comparative more Sinaic, superlative most Sinaic)

  1. (rare, obsolete) Synonym of East Asian, with especial focus on Chinese people and culture: of or related to the Sinosphere. [1872]
    • 1872, Guillaume Louis Figuier, The Human Race, page 205:
      We will separate [the 'Yellow Race'] into three branches—the Hyperborean, the Mongolian, and the Sinaic branches.

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