Himyaritic

Himyaritic
/him'yeuh rit"ik/, adj.
1. of or pertaining to the Himyarites and to the remains of their civilization.
n.
2. a Semitic language anciently spoken in southern Arabia: extinct by 1100.
[1850-55; HIMYARITE + -IC]

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