Asiatic

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Asiatic

/eɪʒiˈætɪk/
/eɪʃiˈætɪk/
/eɪsiˈætɪk/
/eɪziˈætɪk/

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Learned borrowing from Latin āsiāticus; equivalent to Asia + -atic.

adjective more Asiatic · most Asiatic

dated Asian, specifically, relating to the parts of Asia east of Egypt, i.e the Middle East or West Asia.
slang Eccentric or crazy as a result of spending a long time in the Far East. A soldier might grab his rifle and batter his way to the heart of some Jap position. Back home they gave him all sorts of medals but his companions dismissed him as the poor bastard who finally went Asiatic.

noun Asiatics

dated, offensive, sometimes An Asian. […] the Aryan races will not wholesomely amalgamate with the Africans or the Asiatics […] the cross of those races, like the cross of the dog and the fox, is not successful; it cannot be, and never will be.
One of the people of ancient Canaan, Syria, or Mesopotamia; a Semite.

Similar: Asian

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: asian, asia, austral, pan-asian, far-eastern, east, eastern, oriental, eurasian, indomalayan, asianic, pro-asiatic, australasiatic, indo-asian, asian indian, eurasiatic

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@misc{asiatic_2026,
  title = {Asiatic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/asiatic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}