Asiatic, a. and n.
(eɪʃɪˈætɪk)
[ad. L. Asiāticus, a. Gr. ἀσιᾱτικός, f. ἀσία: see -atic.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to Asia or its inhabitants; formerly used to describe a florid and imaginative literary style. Asiatic cholera (see cholera 3). B. n. A native of Asia. † ˈAsiatall, † Asiˈatical a., = Asiatic. Asiˈatically adv., in Asiatic manner, in accordance with Asiatic customs. † Asiˈatican a. and n., = Asiatic. Asiˈaticism, imitation of Asiatic usage, an Asiatic phrase. Asiˈaticize, improperly ˈAsiatize v., to make Asiatic, to conform to Asiatic customs.
| 1631 Massinger Beleeve as you list i. ii, Theis *Asiaticq marchants, whom you looke on With such contempt. |
| 1752 Chambers Cycl. s.v. Style, The antients made a notable distinction of styles, into Laconic, and *Asiatic. |
| 1831 T. W. Chevalier (title) On *Asiatic Cholera. 1832 Deb. Congress 30 June 3833/1 A deliverance from the impending judgment..of the Asiatic cholera. |
| 1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. ii. 62 It is *Asiatic prose, as the Ancient Critics would have said; prose somewhat barbarously rich and overloaded. |
| 1634 T. Herbert Trav. 330 (T.) Such are the fanatick dogmata of the Alcoran, credited by most *Asiaticks. |
| 1834 Penny Cycl. I. 473 These Greeks have long ago been changed into *Asiatics. |
| 1615 tr. De Montfart's Surv. E. Indies 10 A true *asiatall Magnificence. |
| a 1619 M. Fotherby Atheom. i. iv. §5. 26 His luxurious and *Asiaticall Oration vnto King Hezechiah. |
| 1836 Landor in Athenæum No. 441. 254 Speaking by metaphor and *asiatically. |
| 1869 Marquis of Salisbury in Echo 12 Mar., If we are to govern Asiatics well, we must govern them *Asiatically. |
| 1594 Carew Huarte's Exam. Wits (1616) 200 The *Asiaticans..bare themselues verie couragiously. |
| 1637 Gillespie Eng.- Pop. Cerem. i. ix. 32 The *Asiatican Doctors. |
| 1774 T. Warton Eng. Poetry (1840) I. Diss. i. 24 Nor is this fantastic imagery the only mark of *Asiaticism, which appears in the Runic odes. |
| 1882 Van. Fair 28 Oct. 250 The lay Parsee is, to use an expressive *Asiaticism, his belly-god. |
| 1847 Grote Greece ii. xxxiii. IV. 332 Half-*asiatised Hellenism. |
| 1856 ― ibid. ii. xciv. XII. 359 He was tending to *asiatize Macedonia. |
| Ibid. 324 These *Asiatising marriages. |