Ethiope
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Ethiope
- Alternative form of Ethiop
- 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iv]:
- I'll hold my mind, were she an Ethiope.
- 2019, Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King, Canongate Books (2020), page 331:
- You can find an Ethiope in the earliest books. We are older than this Roman culture youʼre so proud of.