Damascene

See also: damascene and damascène

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Latin Damascenus (“of Damascus”).

AdjectiveEdit

Damascene (comparative more Damascene, superlative most Damascene)

1. Of or relating to Damascus.
2. Refers to a seminal moment, typically one that leads to a dramatic change in attitude or belief.

Derived termsEdit

• Damascene conversion

TranslationsEdit

of or relating to Damascus

• Arabic: دِمَشْقِيّ‎‎ (dimašqiyy)
• Finnish: damaskolainen
• French: damasquin (fr)
• German: damaszenisch (de)

• Italian: damaschino (it)
• Latin: damascēnus
• Portuguese: damasceno
• Slovak: damaský (sk), damascénsky

NounEdit

Damascene (plural Damascenes)

1. A person living in or originating from Damascus.

TranslationsEdit

person

• Arabic: دِمَشْقِيّ‎‎ m (dimašqiyy), دِمَشْقِيّة‎‎ f (dimašqiyya)
• Finnish: damaskolainen

• Portuguese: damasceno m

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for Damascene in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)