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/ˌoʊʃiˈænɪk/ Listen

Oceanic

noun

An eastern subfamily of Malayo-Polynesian languages. Synonym: Eastern Malayo-Polynesian.

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"Oceanic" Quotes from Famous Books

... breast, whose furnace flame Has eaten, and old Self consumes. Out of the purification will they leap, Thee renovating while new light illumes The dusky web of evil, known as pain, That heavily up healthward mounts the steep; Our fleshly road to beacon-fire of brain: Midway the tameless oceanic brute Below, whose heave is topped with foam for fruit, And the fair heaven reflecting inner peace On righteous warfare, ...

— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith

Words linked to "Oceanic" : Hawaiian, Fijian, ocean, unlimited, Malayo-Polynesian, oceanic whitetip shark, Maori, Polynesian, marine, limitless, Tahitian