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Greek - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Greek : adj : of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks;
"Greek mythology"; "a grecian robe" [syn: Greek, Grecian,
Hellenic]
(noun)
1: the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages
[syn: Greek, Hellenic, Hellenic language]
2: a native or inhabitant of Greece [syn: Greek, Hellene]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Greek : \Greek\, a. [AS. grec, L. Graecus, Gr. ?: cf. F. grec. Cf.
Grecian.]
Of or pertaining to Greece or the Greeks; Grecian.
Greek calends. See under Calends.
Greek Church (Eccl. Hist.), the Eastern Church; that part
of Christendom which separated from the Roman or Western
Church in the ninth century. It comprises the great bulk
of the Christian population of Russia (of which this is
the established church), Greece, Moldavia, and Wallachia.
The Greek Church is governed by patriarchs and is called
also the Byzantine Church.
Greek cross. See Illust. (10) Of Cross.
Greek Empire. See Byzantine Empire.
Greek fire, a combustible composition which burns under
water, the constituents of which are supposed to be
asphalt, with niter and sulphur. --Ure.
Greek rose, the flower campion.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Greek : \Greek\, n.
1. A native, or one of the people, of Greece; a Grecian;
also, the language of Greece.
2. A swindler; a knave; a cheat. [Slang]
Without a confederate the . . . game of baccarat
does not . . . offer many chances for the Greek.
--Sat. Rev.
3. Something unintelligible; as, it was all Greek to me.
[Colloq.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Greek :
1. To display text as abstract dots and lines
in order to give a preview of layout without actually being
legible. This is faster than drawing the characters correctly
which may require scaling or other transformations. Greeking
is particularly useful when displaying a reduced image of a
document where the text would be too small to be legible on
the display anyway.
2. lorem ipsum.
(1999-06-27)
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Greek : Found only in the New Testament, where a distinction is observed
between "Greek" and "Grecian" (q.v.). The former is (1) a Greek
by race (Acts 16:1-3; 18:17; Rom. 1:14), or (2) a Gentile as
opposed to a Jew (Rom. 2:9, 10). The latter, meaning properly
"one who speaks Greek," is a foreign Jew opposed to a home Jew
who dwelt in Palestine.
The word "Grecians" in Acts 11:20 should be "Greeks," denoting
the heathen Greeks of that city, as rendered in the Revised
Version according to the reading of the best manuscripts
("Hellenes").
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Example Usage of Greek |
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ChristinaHodge: VR steering shoud have tried out....RT @tylerpowell: Why did we not put together a OSU Greek group for sing off |
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HittSquadEnt: RT @Bigdaddy_zo: when i was a freshman Hittsquad had more pull than any Greek on campus true shit we lo key still do who u think put 2getha |
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