egyptian means of, from, or pertaining to Egypt, the Egyptian people or the Egyptian language. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 73 out of 100.
egyptian is pronounced /ɪˈd͡ʒɪpʃn̩/.
Etymology
From Middle English Egipcien, egyptiane. Displaced Old English Egyptisċ. By surface analysis, Egypt + -ian.
adj
- Of, from, or pertaining to Egypt, the Egyptian people or the Egyptian language.
name
- The Afroasiatic language spoken (and written) in ancient Egypt
- The modern Egyptian Arabic language.
noun
- A person from Egypt or of Egyptian descent.
- A gypsy.“The people then assembled in this barn were no other than a company of Egyptians, or, as they are vulgarly called, gypsies, and they were now celebrating the wedding of one of their society.”