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Græcism

Græcism is the obsolete spelling of Grecism.

Meaning of Grecism

Noun

Grecism (countable and uncountable, plural Grecisms)

  1. (rhetoric) A word or idiom of the Greek language used in another language, especially for literary effect.
  2. The style, spirit or other characteristics of Greek arts and culture, or an imitation of that style.

Forms of Græcism

pluralGræcisms

Questions about Græcism

What is Græcism the obsolete spelling of?
Græcism is the obsolete spelling of Grecism.

Words near Græcism in the dictionary

  1. gräfins
  2. Grängesberg
  3. Græcaster
  4. Græcian
  5. Græcians
  6. Græcism
  7. Græcisms
  8. Græcity
  9. Græco-
  10. Græco-Latin
  11. grège

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Græcism (page history and authors); Grecism (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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