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adj
Resembling or having the characteristics of Greek or the Greek people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Greeky
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adj
Greek, Grecian.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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History
From Middle English grekissh, from Old English Grēcisc, from Grēcas (“the Greeks”) + -isc (“-ish”). By surface analysis, Greek + -ish. Piecewise doublet of Greekesque.
