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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Abyssin en · ADJ

Etymology

From Renaissance Latin Abyssīnī (“the Abyssinians”).

Meanings

  1. (rare) Synonym of Abyssinian.
    • Here we lost a good old Abyssian convert, a man much valued in his order... 1789, Jerónimo Lobo, A voyage to Abyssinia:

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Synonyms

Abyssinian

Abyssin en · NOUN

Etymology

From Renaissance Latin Abyssīnī (“the Abyssinians”).

Meanings

  1. (rare) Synonym of Abyssinian.
    • The Abyssian takes the honey, without failing to leave part of it for the bird... 1789, Jerónimo Lobo, A voyage to Abyssinia:

Forms

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Synonyms

Abyssinian