Greek
[griːk] or [grik]
Definition
(noun.) the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages.
(noun.) a native or inhabitant of Greece.
(adj.) of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language; 'Greek mythology'; 'a Grecian robe' .
Checker: Rudolph--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to Greece or the Greeks; Grecian.
(n.) A native, or one of the people, of Greece; a Grecian; also, the language of Greece.
(n.) A swindler; a knave; a cheat.
(n.) Something unintelligible; as, it was all Greek to me.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Of Greece.[2]. Grecian, classic, classical, after the Greek, in the manner of Greece.
n. [1]. Grecian, native of Greece.[2]. Greek language.
Typed by Arlene
Definition
adj. Grecian.—n. a Grecian: the language of Greece: (B.) a Greek by race or more frequently a Gentile as opposed to a Jew a Hellenising Jew a Jew naturalised in foreign countries: a cunning rogue a merry fellow: any language of which one is ignorant jargon anything unintelligible.—adj. Greek′ish.—Greek architecture the orders developed in ancient Greece (Corinthian Doric Ionic); Greek Church the church of those Christians who follow the ancient rite of the East and accept the first seven councils rejecting all later innovations and papal supremacy—it is called Orthodox by reason of its vindications of dogma and Eastern from its geographical distribution; Greek cross (see Cross); Greek fire a composition burning either in or under water supposed to have been made of asphalt nitre and sulphur long kept secret by the Greeks of the Byzantine empire for their exclusive use in war; Greek gift a treacherous gift (from Virgil's è‹™eid ii. 49).—At the Greek calends never the Greeks having no calends.
Editor: Margaret
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of reading Greek, denotes that your ideas will be discussed and finally accepted and put in practical use. To fail to read it, denotes that technical difficulties are in your way.
Typist: Pierce
Examples
- Miss Vye's family is a good one on her mother's side; and her father was a romantic wanderer--a sort of Greek Ulysses. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- A Greek girl, called Helena, who lives in the Island of Fantasy. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Oh, let us hope, when the Greek Empire is reconstructed, we will have a new Pindar, a new Sophocles, a new Plato. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- No; Justinian is too keen a judge of character to mistake our Greek goose for a swan. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Yes; just as if you were speaking Greek. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- One would think we were going into danger, the way you talk, said Roylands impatiently, instead of a pleasant cruise in Greek waters. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- It need hardly be remarked that his use both of Greek and of Roman historians and of the sacred writings of the Jews is wholly uncritical. Plato. The Republic.
- Such aid is not always effectual, said Justinian significantly, whereat the Greek shrugged his shoulders, but made no reply. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Against the dark draperies veiling the archway the slender figure of the handsome Greek stood out in bold relief. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- This happens to be a thoroughly Greek attitude. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- But a Greek republic would have been dangerous to all monarchy in a Europe that fretted under the ideas of the Holy Alliance. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Justinian is not a Greek, but an Englishman. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Two Greek papers and one French one were suppressed here within a few days of each other. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- One of the sons of Murad I embarked on an intrigue with Andronicus, the son of the Greek Emperor, to murder their respective fathers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Yet the Greek genius has produced a great sea drama in the 'Odyssey. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Such were the Phrygians, a people whose language was almost as close to that of the Greeks as the Macedonian. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is suggestive that among the Greeks, till the rise of conscious philosophy, the same word, techne, was used for art and science. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The Egyptians were the earliest and greatest agriculturists, and from them the art was learned by the Greeks. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The Greeks derived their musical instruments from the Egyptians, and the Romans borrowed theirs from the Greeks, but neither the Greeks nor the Romans invented any. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- True, I have a daughter, but it needs a man to manage my Greeks. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Well, I guess, Mr Roylands, half a dozen Englishmen are worth fifty Greeks! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I say like a Greek, because the Greeks are called the worst transgressors in this line. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Archeologists have deprived the Greeks of this gift, and carried back its origin to remoter ages and localities. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- There were hasty discussions among the Greeks; some were for withdrawing, some for holding out. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We will take a passenger from another famous ship, and call him Ulysses, the craftiest of the Greeks. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- It was a civilized people for long ages before the fair Aryan Greeks spread southward through Macedonia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Would the Scythians go back and destroy the Persians to make sure of them while the Greeks on their part destroyed the bridge? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Arise, ye Greeks, and break your chains! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Men say, 'This is a bad Greek, but there are good Greeks. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- A truce was concluded between the Greeks and Turks. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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