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oriental
[awr-ee-en-tl]
adjective
Usually Oriental
of, relating to, or characteristic of the Orient or the East, typically East Asia; Eastern.
The living room had a gorgeous Oriental rug.
In the late 1950s, the university began offering degrees in Oriental philosophy.
Older Use: Often Disparaging and Offensive.(of a person or group of people) being from the East, typically East Asia; Asian.
of the orient, or the eastern region of the world or heavens: stars in the oriental sky.
oriental countries;
stars in the oriental sky.
Zoogeography.Oriental, belonging to a geographical division comprising southern Asia and the Malay Archipelago as far as and including the Philippines, Borneo, and Java.
This genera has twelve Oriental species, and two Australian ones.
Jewelry.Also Oriental
designating various gems that are varieties of corundum.
oriental aquamarine;
oriental ruby.
fine or precious; orient.
oriental agate;
oriental garnet.
designating certain natural saltwater pearls found especially in Asia.
noun
Older Use: Usually Disparaging and Offensive.Usually Oriental a native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.
Oriental
1/ ˌɔːɪˈɛԳə /
adjective
(sometimes not capital) of or relating to the Orient
of or denoting a zoogeographical region consisting of southeastern Asia from India to Borneo, Java, and the Philippines
noun
a breed of slender muscular cat with large ears, long legs, and a long tail
(sometimes not capital) an inhabitant, esp a native, of the Orient
oriental
2/ ˌɔːɪˈɛԳə /
adjective
another word for eastern Compare occidental
Sensitive Note
Other 51Թ Forms
- orientally adverb
- anti-Oriental adjective
- half-oriental adjective
- nonoriental adjective
- pseudooriental adjective
- quasi-oriental adjective
- semioriental adjective
- unoriental adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
This program is being carried out over an area that extends 1.5 miles from each site where the oriental fruit flies were trapped, according to the food and agriculture department.
Professor Hammer, head of an oriental studies department.
Machine forms collide with digital fictions to compose a corporate odalisque now in bed with the vast “oriental” wealth of Saudi criminals.
The two main forms of this highly skilled technique are Australian string work and oriental string work.
Described as "a love drama", the 63-minute film was directed by British filmmaker JL Freer Hunt and boasted that it "featured actual royal palaces and scenes of oriental splendour".
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