The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shemitic
Semitic \Sem*it"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to Shem or his descendants; belonging to that division of the Caucasian race which includes the Arabs, Jews, and related races. [Written also Shemitic.]
Semitic language, a name used to designate a group of
Asiatic and African languages, some living and some dead,
namely: Hebrew and Ph[oe]nician, Aramaic, Assyrian,
Arabic, Ethiopic (Geez and Ampharic).
--Encyc. Brit.
Shemitic
Shemitic \Shem*it"ic\, Shemitish \Shem"i*tish\, a. Of or pertaining to Shem, the son of Noah, or his descendants. See Semitic.