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grecisms

grecisms is the plural 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.

Noun capitalized: Grecisms

Grecisms

  1. (plural) plural of Grecism

Questions about grecisms

What is grecisms the plural of?
Grecisms is the plural of grecism.
What part of speech is grecisms?
Grecisms is a noun.

Words near grecisms in the dictionary

  1. grecise
  2. Grecised
  3. Grecises
  4. Grecising
  5. Grecism
  6. grecisms
  7. Grecity
  8. grecization
  9. grecizations
  10. grecize
  11. grecized

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Adapted from Wiktionary: grecisms (page history and authors); Grecisms (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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