Associations to the word «Elamite»

Wiktionary

ELAMITE, noun. A dweller in ancient Elam.

Dictionary definition

ELAMITE, noun. A member of an ancient warlike people living in Elam east of Babylonia as early as 3000 BC.
ELAMITE, noun. An extinct ancient language of unknown affinities; spoken by the Elamites.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats