Grecian

Grecian Graecian Græcian Gracian English Alternative forms en Græcian Graecian Greecian Etymology From en la Graecia an.Grecian (grī·ʃiăn) a. and sb. 1 IV 392 1 f. L. Græci-a Greece + -an. Cf. OF. grecien. 1 Compare fro grecien and enm grecan, enm grecen, enm greken, enm grekin. en Greco- -ian. Pronunciation en /ˈɡɹiːʃn̩/ en iːʃən 2 Adjective - en obsolete _ or _ poetic Greek of or from Greece or the Greek people, especially those of Ancient Greece. en Hellenic en 1840 John Dunlop The Universal Tendency to Association in Mankind. Analyzed and Illustrated London Houlston and Stoneman https://books.google.ro/books?id=ytsYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA103 103 Olympic Games. — Besides the ordinary confederacies that join independent states together, a singular federal bond is remarkable in the Olympic games, which for many ages cemented the Grecian commonwealths by a joint tie of recreation and religious ritual. en 1920 w:F. Scott Fitzgerald w:The Offshore Pirate w:Flappers and Philosophers New York w:Charles Scribner's Sons 11 https://archive.org/details/flappersphilosop00fitz_0/page/10/mode/2up?q=Grecian He was a young man with a scornful mouth and the bright blue eyes of a healthy baby set in a dark sensitive face. His hair was pitch black, damp and curly—the hair of a Grecian statue gone brunette. en 2016-09-13 w:Vanessa Friedman New York Fashion Week Comes to Life With Thom Browne and Proenza Schouler w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/14/fashion/new-york-fashion-week-thom-browne-proenza-schouler.html Chlorine blue, bordered in forest green and looking out onto a Grecian gazebo, the pool was composed of hundreds of ceramic kitchen tiles, like a Minecraft version of C.Z. Guest’s once-upon-a-time world. https://web.archive.org/web/20200808100222/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/14/fashion/new-york-fashion-week-thom-browne-proenza-schouler.html Derived terms en Bulgrecian Grecianism Grecianize Grecian knot Grecianness Noun en obsolete A native or inhabitant of Greece. A senior pupil at Christ's Hospital School in West Sussex, England. en obsolete A Jew who spoke Greek; a Hellenist. en obsolete One well versed in the Greek language; a scholar of Greek. I spoke of Mr. Harris, of Salisbury, as being a very learned man, and in particular an eminent Grecian. en 1847 w:Thomas De Quincey Protestantism Theological Essays and Other Papers 1 https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/6123/pg6123.html This famous passage of Scripture, this locus classicus, or prerogative text, pleaded for the verbatim et literatim inspiration of the Bible, is the following; and I will so exhibit its very words as that the reader, even if no Grecian, may understand the point in litigation. en obsolete slang An Irish labourer newly arrived on the British mainland. Derived terms senior pupil at Christ's Hospital en Grecianship References Anagrams en aceginr Gricean anergic canigre en Greek demonyms Greece Nationalities Ancient Greece