See Also: Macassar(dictionary)

Macassar (iou)



Macassar adjective & noun. With ref. to people or language now usu. Makasar. M17.
[Earlier form of Makasar: see below.]
A. adjective. Obtained from or associated with Makasar (now Ujung Pandang), a district of the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. Also = MAKASARESE adjective. M17.
Macassar ebony a form of ebony from Sulawesi and neighbouring islands. Macassar oil = sense B.1 below.
b. noun.
A kind of oil for the hair, orig. represented as consisting of ingredients obtained from Makasar. Cf. ANTIMACASSAR noun. E19.
= MAKASARESE noun. E19.