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Definition of Greek

1. Noun. The Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages.

2. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language. "A Grecian robe"

3. Noun. A native or inhabitant of Greece.

Definition of Greek

1. a. Of or pertaining to Greece or the Greeks; Grecian.

2. n. A native, or one of the people, of Greece; a Grecian; also, the language of Greece.

Definition of Greek

1. something unintelligible [n GREEK]

Medical Definition of Greek

1. Of or pertaining to Greece or the Greeks; Grecian. Greek calends. See Calends. Greek Church, 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. Greek fire, a combustible composition which burns under water, the constituents of which are supposed to be asphalt, with niter and sulphur. Greek rose, the flower campion. Origin: AS. Grec, L. Graecus, Gr. ?: cf. F. Grec. Cf. Grecian. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Greek

greed greedier greediest greedily greediness greediness greedinesses greedless greeds greedsome

greedy greegree greegrees greeing greek (current term) Greek greekess greeking greekings Greek alphabet

Greek architecture Greek capital Greek Catholic Greek chorus Greek Church Greek clover Greek cross Greek deity Greek drachma Greek fire

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