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Noun: Grecism
  1. A word or idiom of the Greek language used in another language, especially for literary effect
    "A key to identifying the channel of transmission of a Grecism to Yiddish is the geography of the Grecism within Yiddish"

Derived forms: Grecisms

Type of: loan, loanword