oriental
IPA: ɔriˈɛntʌɫ
Root Word: Oriental
noun
- A precious stone, especially an orient pearl.
- A member or descendant of the peoples and cultures of the Orient.
- A lily cultivar of a widely varied group, with strong scent.
- (archaic) A person from the eastern region of a place.
- Alternative letter-case form of Oriental [A precious stone, especially an orient pearl.]
adjective
- Of a pearl or other precious stone: having a superior lustre.
- (astronomy, astrology) Pertaining to the eastern part of the sky; happening before sunrise.
- (obsolete) Happening in the eastern part of a given place or location.
- Pertaining to the regions east of the Mediterranean, beyond the Roman Empire or the early Christian world; of the Near East, the Middle East or the Far East, now especially relating to East Asia.
- Designating various types of aromatic tobacco grown in Turkey and the Balkans.
- Alternative letter-case form of Oriental [Of a pearl or other precious stone: having a superior lustre.]
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Examples of "oriental" in Sentences
- To the Oriental, the Westerner was a devil.
- Orientalism refers to the Orient or East, in contrast to the Occident or West.
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