Meaning

1 senses
  1. (not comparable, obsolete, poetic)Greek (of or from Greece or the Greek people, especially those of Ancient Greece).

    of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language

Examples

2 sentences
  1. A single house can have a French-inspired mansard roof, Grecian columns, and English Tudor-inspired timbering.

    ruВ одном и том же доме может иметься французская мансардная крыша, греческие колонны и деревянные конструкции в стиле эпохи Тюдоров в Англии. — Wezel

  2. "Could Pallas burn the Grecian fleet, and drown / their crews, for one man's crime, Oileus' frenzied son?"

Origin

From Latin Graecia + -an. Compare Old French grecien and Middle English grecan, grecen, gr

From Latin Graecia + -an. Compare Old French grecien and Middle English grecan, grecen, greken, grekin. By surface analysis, Greco- + -ian.

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Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language:GreekHellenic

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
Grecian — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto