Moabitish

Variant of Moabite

Moabite definition

Mo·ab·ite (mō′ə bīt′)

noun

  1. a person born or living in Moab
  2. the extinct Semitic language spoken by the Moabites

Etymology: ME < LL(Ec) Moabita < Gr(Ec) mōabitis

adjective

of Moab or its people or culture
also Moabitish Mo′·ab·it′·ish (-bīt′is̸h)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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