greeks

[Greek]

Of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language

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Of or pertaining to Greece or the Greeks; Grecian.

Noun
the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages

Noun
a native or inhabitant of Greece

Adjective
of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks; "Greek mythology"; "a grecian robe"


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

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

n.
A swindler; a knave; a cheat.

n.
Something unintelligible; as, it was all Greek to me.


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.

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.
3. Something unintelligible; as, it was all Greek to me. [Colloq.]

Of or pertaining to Greece or the Greeks; Grecian.

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

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Usage Examples

All that we call ideal in Greek or any other art, because to us it is false and visionary, was, to the makers of it, true and existent.

At times of distress, we all like to recall the advice of fathers and mothers. The best advice my father gave me was to keep faith and deep confidence in the potential of the Greek people nurture the belief that they can do things.

It did remind me of something out of Greek mythology - the richest king who gets everything he wants, but ultimately his family has a curse on it from the Gods.

I don't buy into any of that hogwash. They put that out to sell tickets. It's just a classic horror movie, with the Greek drama formula of good versus evil, and lots of fear.

My Mom always cooked healthy. Greek food lends itself to cooking healthy.

Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.

Greek philosophy seems to have met with something with which a good tragedy is not supposed to meet, namely, a dull ending.

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

It was a Greek tragedy. Nixon was fulfilling his own nature. Once it started it could not end otherwise.

I think great humor lies in playing the truth of a situation. I see myself as a performer and that applies to a Greek drama or a modern comedy.

In England only uneducated people show off their knowledge nobody quotes Latin or Greek authors in the course of conversation, unless he has never read them.

My mom used to say that Greek Easter was later because then you get stuff cheaper.

I think what is happening is I think first of all there is confidence in the U.K. economy. We're in a German rather than a Greek position in international financial markets, which is very positive and keeps our debt service costs down, and we're also beginning to see real evidence of rebalancing.

Harmony is an obscure and difficult musical science, but most difficult to those who are not acquainted with the Greek language because it is necessary to use many Greek words to which there are none corresponding in Latin.

Even philosophers will praise war as ennobling mankind, forgetting the Greek who said: 'War is bad in that it begets more evil than it kills.'

I thought I was attractive when I shot 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding.' Studio executives and movie reviewers let me know I had a confidence in my looks that was not shared by them.

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