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Definition of Grecque
1. n. An ornament supposed to be of Greek origin, esp. a fret or meander.
Definition of Grecque
1. a fret pattern [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grecque
Literary usage of Grecque
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The North American Review by Making of America Project, Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge (1829)
"... unfeeling cruelty of a sentence, if it do but carry an agonizing pang to the
heart. ART. III.— Cours de Littérature grecque Moderne, donné a Genève par ..."
2. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"He was sent to the galleys, and the nation which gave him birth l'n potage à la
grecque. Insipid soup ; Spartan broth. ..."
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