greek
Forms
- Comparative
- greeker
- Superlative
- greekest
- Plural
- greeks
- present (v1)
- greek
- past (v2)
- greeked
- past participle (v3)
- greeked
- present participle
- greeking
- 3rd person singular
- greeks
Definitions
1.Of or relating to Greece, its people, its language, or its culture.
- The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates promoted wine for various purposes, including reducing fevers and dressing wounds.
- Sanskrit, Greek, Slavonic, Germanic, and Celtic names were all of this type, but there are also shorter names formed from the compound ones; […].
- Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft.
2.Synonym of incomprehensible, used for foreign speech or text, technical jargon, or advanced subjects.(colloquial)
- This word comes from Greek.
3.Of or relating to collegiate fraternities, sororities, or (uncommon) honor societies.
- “Every single person is going to have a different experience watching this film,” she said when I asked about possibly labeling the Greek system as “toxic”.
1.Synonym of gibberish, used for foreign speech or text, technical jargon, or advanced subjects.(colloquial)
- "I don't hear one word in ten that they say," continued Mrs. Abingdon; "it's Greek to me. However, .."
- "It's all Greek to me," said my companion at the outset, but as the warrior continued, his fears arose within him; it might be sentence of death, what did he know what it might not be?
2.A person from Greece or of Greek descent.
- The Greeks believed the sun went round the earth.
3.Greek cuisine, traditional or representative Greek food.
4.Synonym of lorem ipsum, dummy placeholder text used in greeking.(colloquial)
1.Alternative letter-case form of greek.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4044
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
Inherited from Old English Grēcas (“Greeks”), variant of Crēcas, from Proto-West Germanic *Krēkō, from Latin Graecus of uncertain origin, perhaps derived from the toponym Γραῖα (Graîa) or from other Paleo-Balkanic forms from a tribal name Graii.