Asiatic

asiatic asiàtic English Etymology en :lbor la:āsiāticus 1 en la āsiāticus; equivalent to en Asia -atic. Pronunciation en /eɪʒiˈætɪk/ /eɪʃiˈætɪk/ /eɪsiˈætɪk/ /eɪziˈætɪk/ most commonly more rarely en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Asiatic.wav Southern England Adjective en dated Asian, specifically, relating to the parts of Asia east of Egypt, i.e the Middle East or West Asia. en crazy en military slang Eccentric or crazy as a result of spending a long time in the Far East. en 1951 James Albert Michener The Voice of Asia 6 A soldier might grab his rifle and batter his way to the heart of some Jap position. Back home they gave him all sorts of medals but his companions dismissed him as the poor bastard who finally went Asiatic. en 1951 Herman Wouk The Caine Mutiny 82 “ This ship has been in the forward area since March ’42. It’s been through a lot of action. The men are all Asiatic. They probably think a fantail watch in Pearl Harbor is foolishness. ” en 1951 Herman Wouk The Caine Mutiny 305 The note was good-humored and Willie swiftly decided not to take offense. “No thanks. I don’t want any medals for extraordinary heroism.” [¶] “Old man is really Asiatic, sir, ain’t he?” said Meatball, stepping into his trousers. en 1982 Theodore C. Mason Battleship Sailor 129 Now how the hell, we asked ourselves, does a guy this old get from a navy ammo dump to command of a battleship? Not just any battleship but the flagship of the Battle Force! Had the brass hats at the Bureau of Navigation gone Asiatic? en 2004 Sol Weisbrot Looking Back On My Life 50 This was a place that if you stayed there for any length of time, you went “Asiatic”. That was the expression for someone who went cuckoo. We had a long brutally boring patrol duty there, until we left for the island of Tarawa en 2006 Robert Hood Mama's Boy 155 Enlisted men sometimes went Asiatic, or “rock happy,” after long service in the islands. This was common knowledge on the scuttlebutt network. Derived terms en Asiatic beetle Asiatic elephant Asiatic linsang Asiatic peafowl pro-Asiatic Afroasiatic Asiaticize transasiatic Asiatically Asiatic golden cat Asiaticism Asiatic Sarmatia Asiaticness Asiatic pennywort Asiatic Vespers Asiatic wildcat Central Asiatic Noun en dated now sometimes offensive An Asian. en 1885 Sir John A. Macdonald the Aryan races will not wholesomely amalgamate with the Africans or the Asiatics the cross of those races, like the cross of the dog and the fox, is not successful; it cannot be, and never will be. en Egyptology One of the people of ancient Canaan, Syria, or Mesopotamia; a Semite. Synonyms see Thesaurus:Asian Anagrams en aaciist ATASCII