Толковый словарь английского языка - greek
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English Greke, from Old English Grēca, from Latin Graecus, from ~ Graikos Date: before 12th century 1. a native or inhabitant of ancient or modern Greece, a person of ~ descent, 2. the language used by the ~s from prehistoric times to the present constituting a branch of Indo-European, ancient ~ as used from the time of the earliest records to the end of the second century A.D., something unintelligible , a member of a ~-letter fraternity or sorority, II. adjective Date: 14th century of, relating to, or characteristic of Greece, the ~s, or ~ , 2. Eastern Orthodox , of or relating to an Eastern church using the Byzantine rite in ~, of or relating to the established Orthodox church of Greece, of or relating to fraternities or sororities
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n. & adj. --n. 1 a a native or national of modern Greece; a person of Greek descent. b a native or citizen of any of the ancient States of Greece; a member of the Greek people. 2 the Indo-European language of Greece. --adj. of Greece or its people or language; Hellenic. Phrases and idioms Greek (or Greek Orthodox) Church the national Church of Greece (see also Orthodox Church). Greek cross a cross with four equal arms. Greek fire hist. a combustible composition for igniting enemy ships etc. Greek to me colloq. incomprehensible to me. Derivatives Greekness n. Etymology: OE Grecas (pl.) f. Gmc f. L Graecus Greek f. Gk Graikoi, the prehistoric name of the Hellenes (in Aristotle) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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