Cushitic

noun Cush·it·ic \kə-ˈshi-tik, ku̇-\

Definition of CUSHITIC

: a subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic language family comprising various languages spoken in eastern Africa and especially in Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, and Kenya

— Cushitic adjective

Origin of CUSHITIC

Cush (Kush), Africa

First Known Use: circa 1903

Rhymes with CUSHITIC

arthritic, bauxitic, bronchitic, calcitic, chloritic, dendritic, enclitic, form critic, granitic, graphitic, Hamitic, jaditic, lignitic, mephitic, nephritic, New Critic, pleuritic, proclitic, pruritic, pyritic, rachitic, Sanskritic, Semitic, Shemitic, Sinitic, stylitic, sulfitic

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