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Hittite

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Hit·tite  (htt)
n.
1. A member of an ancient people living in Anatolia and northern Syria about 2000-1200 b.c.
2. The Indo-European language of the Hittites.
adj.
Of or relating to the Hittites, their language, or their culture.
[From Hebrew ittî, from Akkadian atti, from Hittite Hatti, land of the Hattians (indigenous inhabitants of Anatolia), of Proto-Hattic (language of the Hattians) origin.]
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Noun1.HittiteHittite - a member of an ancient people who inhabited Anatolia and northern Syria about 2000 to 1200 BC
denizen, dweller, habitant, inhabitant, indweller - a person who inhabits a particular place
2.Hittite - the language of the Hittites and the principal language of the Anatolian group of languages; deciphered from cuneiform inscriptions
Anatolian, Anatolian language - an extinct branch of the Indo-European family of languages known from inscriptions and important in the reconstruction of Proto-Indo European
Adj.1.Hittite - of or relating to the Hittite people or their language or culture
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Young man, said Bildad sternly, thou art skylarking with me --explain thyself, thou young Hittite.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
As his character was not good, and he had been bred at a charity school in a complete course, according to question and answer, of those ancient people the Amorites and Hittites, he was frequently quoted as an example of the failure of education.
Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context
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