Definition of Ethiops

1. n. A black substance; -- formerly applied to various preparations of a black or very dark color.

Definition of Ethiops

1. Noun. (plural of Ethiop) ¹

2. Noun. (alternative form of aethiops) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ethiops

1. an old name for various dingy chemicals [n -ES]

Medical Definition of Ethiops

1. A black substance; formerly applied to various preparations of a black or very dark colour. Alternative forms: aethiops] Ethiops martial, mercury in finely divided state, having the appearance of a dark powder, obtained by shaking it up or by exposure to the air. Origin: NL. See Ethiop. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ethiops

ethinylestradiol-17 alpha sulfotransferase
ethinylestrenol
ethinyls
ethiodide
ethiodides
ethiodised oil
ethion
ethionamide
ethionamides
ethionic
ethionic acid
ethionine
ethionines
ethions
ethiopia
ethiops (current term)
ethiopses
ethisterone
ethmo-
ethmocranial
ethmofrontal
ethmoid
ethmoid air cells
ethmoid angle
ethmoid bone
ethmoid bones
ethmoid infundibulum
ethmoid sinus
ethmoid sinusitis
ethmoidal

Literary usage of Ethiops

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Heroes: Or, Greek Fairy Tales for My Children by Charles Kingsley, John Tetlow (1888)
"ethiops. So Perseus flitted onward to the northeast over many a league of sea, till he came to the rolling sand-hills, and the dreary Libyan shore. ..."

2. A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the by Praphulla Candra Rāy (1903)
"... WHICH SULPHIDE OF COPPER AND /ethiops MINERAL FIGURE Sulphur, copper and the pyrites are . to be pounded together with mercury and subjected to roasting ..."

3. The Repertory of Patent Inventions: And Other Discoveries and Improvements (1803)
"By M. CAVEZZALI, Apothecary-General to the Civil Hospital of Lodi. From the ANNALES DE CHIMIE. JL HE oxyd of iron or martial ethiops used in medicine is ..."

4. Chemistry Applied to Arts and Manufactures by Jean-Antoine-Claude Chaptal (1807)
"... change its co» Jour to black, by the simple shaking of the metal in a vessel open to the atmospheric air, and it is then called ethiops per se ; but the ..."

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