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1. Of or relating to the group of Semitic languages
   "Semitic tongues have a complicated morphology"
    
2. Of or relating to or characteristic of Semites
   "Semitic peoples"
   - Semite

1. A major branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family

Derived forms: Semitics

See also: Semite

Type of: Afrasian, Afrasian language, Afroasiatic, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic language, Hamito-Semitic

Encyclopedia: Semitic