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Arabic adjective & noun. Also arabic. ME.
[Old French (mod. arabique) from Latin Arabicus from Greek Arabikos, formed as ARAB: see -IC.]
A. adjective.
1. From Arabia. Chiefly in gum Arabic, a water-soluble gum exuded by certain acacias (esp. Acacia senegal). ME.
2. Of the Arabs; of or pertaining to the language and literature of the Arabs. LME.
Arabic numerals the figures 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.
B. noun. The Semitic language originally of the Arabs, now spoken in much of the Middle East and N. Africa. LME.
Arabicism noun an Arabic idiom or peculiarity of language E19.
Arabicize verb trans. make like Arabic; make conform to Arabic usage: L19.