Greek

  • 11Greek to me — That s Greek to me or It s (all) Greek to me is an idiom/dead metaphor in English, claiming that an expression is incomprehensible, either due to complexity or imprecision. The expression may be used with respect to verbal expressions with… …

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  • 12greek — al·i·greek; fen·u·greek; greek; greek·ish; greek·ish·ness; greek·ist; greek·ize; greek·less; greek·ling; greek·ness; Greek; greek·less·ness; …

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  • 13Greek — Seriendaten Deutscher Titel Greek Produktionsland Vereinigte Staaten …

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  • 14Greek — I. noun Etymology: Middle English Greke, from Old English Grēca, from Latin Graecus, from Greek Graikos Date: before 12th century 1. a. a native or inhabitant of ancient or modern Greece b. a person of Greek descent 2. a. the language used by the …

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  • 15Greek — The language of the NT writings was a development of classical (Attic) Greek, much as modern English has changed since the publication of AV in 1611. Greek had become a lingua franca through the civilized world in the 1st cent. and it was… …

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  • 16Greek — {{11}}Greek (adj.) late 14c., from GREEK (Cf. Greek) (n.). Earlier Gregeis (c.1300), from O.Fr. Gregois; also Greekish (O.E. Grecisc). In venery, anal, by 1970. Greek gift is from Æneid, II.49: timeo Danaos et dona ferentes. {{12}}Greek (n.) O.E …

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  • 17Greek — [[t]gri͟ːk[/t]] ♦♦♦ Greeks 1) ADJ Greek means belonging or relating to Greece. In the Greek general election, the New Democracy party has claimed victory. ...the Greek army. 2) N COUNT A Greek is a person who comes from Greece. He had looked… …

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  • 18Greek — Greek1 [ grik ] noun 1. ) uncount the language that people speak in modern Greece a ) the language that was spoken in Ancient Greece: students of Latin and Greek 2. ) count a person from Greece it s (all) Greek to me SPOKEN used for saying that… …

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  • 19Greek — I UK [ɡriːk] / US [ɡrɪk] noun Word forms Greek : singular Greek plural Greeks 1) a) [uncountable] the language that people speak in modern Greece b) the language that was spoken in ancient Greece students of Latin and Greek 2) [countable] a… …

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  • 20Greek — 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 …

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