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Noun: Greek  greek
  1. The Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages
    - Hellenic, Hellenic language
     
  2. A native or inhabitant of Greece
    - Hellene
     
  3. (finance) a statistical quantity (typically denoted by a Greek letter) that quantifies sensitivity of the price of a derivative (options, etc)
     
  4. [informal] Nonsense talk or writing; gibberish
    "That technical jargon is all Greek to me"
Adjective: Greek  greek
  1. Of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language
    "Greek mythology";
    - Grecian, Hellenic

Derived forms: Greeks

Type of: European, Indo-European, Indo-European language, Indo-Hittite

Part of: Ellas, Greece, Hellenic Republic

Encyclopedia: Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies