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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

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greatly
great-nephew
greatness
great-niece
great-uncle
greave
greaves
grebe
Grecian
Grecise
Grecism
Grecize
Greco
Greco-
Greco-Roman
Greco-Roman architecture
Greco-Roman deity
Greco-Roman wrestling
Greece
greed
greedily