Meanings
comparative more Lusitanic · superlative most Lusitanic
- historyOf or relating to the ancient Lusitans or Lusitania.
Lancobrica, of the Lusitanic Celti, Ptolemy. / [...] / Nemetobrica, in the country of the Lusitanic Celts, Ptolemy.
1799, The History of Scotland, page 77Synonyms: Lusitan, Lusitanian
- datedPortuguese.
The discovery at Setubal proves the interresting fact that a species of Hyalonema lives somewhere on the Portuguese coast, or, at all events, in the course of some one of the strong currents which was the Lusitanic peninsula.
1867, The Intellectual Observer, page 86Synonyms: Lusitan, Lusitanian
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf or relating to the ancient Lusitans or Lusitania.
adjectivePortuguese.
proper nounSynonym of Lusitanian (“extinct paleo-Hispanic language”)
proper nounSynonym of Judaeo-Portuguese
Origin
- LatinLūsītānus
- LatinLūsītānicus
- EnglishLusitanic
Borrowed from Latin Lūsītānicus. By surface analysis, Lusitan + -ic.
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Cite this entry
Lusitanic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lusitanic
“Lusitanic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lusitanic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lusitanic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lusitanic.
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