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Graecism
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Graecism esp US, Grecism [ˈgriːsɪzəm]
n
1. Greek characteristics or style
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) admiration for or imitation of these, as in sculpture or architecture
3. (Linguistics) (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a form of words characteristic or imitative of the idiom of the Greek language

Grecism, Graecism
1. the spirit of Greek thought, art, etc., and the adoption or imitation of this spirit.
2. anything typical of Greek language, art, thought, etc.
See also: Greece and Greeks


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