Grecianadj.n.

/ˈɡriːʃ(ɪ)ən/

Forms: Also 1500s Grecien, Grecyon, Grætian, Gretian, 1500s–1700s Græcian.

Etymology: < Latin Graecia Greece + -an suffix. Compare Old French grecien.

A. adj.

1. Of or pertaining to Greece or its inhabitants; characteristic of the Greeks; resembling what is Greek; Greek. Now rare except with reference to style of architecture and facial outline.

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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Greeks > [adjective]

Grecana1400

Greekc1400

Gregion1513

Greekisha1568

Grecian1577

Grecanic1601

pan-Ionian1613

Hellenic1644

Grecanical1678

Hellenian1740

Helladian1773

Helladic1779

Greek-like1847

Panhellenic1849

pan-Ionic1855

Graecized1860

Greekesquea1878

1577 T. Kendall tr. Politianus et al. Flowers of Epigrammes f. 98 Doest muse with skill of Grecian tongue, how Ladie Iane was fraight. As sone as euer she was borne she was a Grecian straite.

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. xxiv. 65 b If..a Græcian woman [do marry] with a Perot Franco.

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice v. i. 5 In such a night Troylus..sigh'd his soule toward the Grecian tents where Cressed lay that night.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 212 Great Seleucia, built by Grecian Kings.

1674 J. Josselyn Acct. Two Voy. 181 No trading for a stranger with them, but with a Grecian faith, which is not to part with your ware without ready money.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 287. ¶10 So different are the Genius's which are formed under Turkish Slavery, and Grecian Liberty.

1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. II. 315 It consists of three arches, and is of Grecian marble.

1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. i. 3 Her features were of the Grecian outline.

1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) II. 157 The period when Grecian history begins to be genuine and connected.

1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess Prol. 12 A Gothic ruin, and a Grecian house.

1866 E. Masson tr. G. B. Winer Gram. New Test. Diction p. vi Hellenic..is the Attic Dialect, as modified in Athens itself, from the reign of Alexander the Great,—the period of its becoming the language of the educated throughout the Grecian world.

†2. Belonging to the Greek Church. Obsolete. rare.

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society > faith > sect > Christianity > Greek Orthodoxy > [adjective]

Greek1564

eastern1572

Greciana1600

Greekish1606

Abassian1679

Anatolian1679

Eastern Orthodox1701

orthodox1716

Anatolic1839

a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie (1648) vi. 43 Grecian Catholick Bishops.

B. n.

a. A native or inhabitant of Greece; a Greek. Obsolete or archaic.

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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Greeks > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Greece

Greekc893

Gregois13..

Griffon13..

Grewa1375

Hellene1482

Grecana1500

Argive?1532

Greciana1549

Hellenist1606

Greeklinga1637

Graecaster1716

Helladian1773

bubble and squeak1938

bubble1962

a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) xxi. 176 Except he be a lord or a Grecyon.

1571 T. Digges in L. Digges's Geom. Pract.: Pantometria Pref. sig. T j The Romanes and other Latin writers..haue not shamed to borrow of the Gretians these and many other termes of arte.

a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) i. iii. 70 Was this faire face the cause, quoth she, Why the Grecians sacked Troy?

1699 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ II. iii. i. 1 (heading) The Wars,..of the Ancient Grecians.

1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. ii. 42 The great Egyptian Thebes, a City much more ancient than the Nation of the Græcians.

1818 Ld. Byron Beppo xi. 6 Black eyes, arch'd brows, and sweet expressions still; Such as of old were copied from the Grecians.

allusively.1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote III. xi. xiv. 230 A well-booted Grecian, [cf. ἐϋκνήμιδες Ἀχαιοί Hom. Il. i. 17] in a fustian frock and jockey cap.

b. [translating Greek Ἑλληνιστής.] A Jew of the Dispersion who spoke Greek; a Grecian Jew; = Hellenist n. 2.

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the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > Semite > [noun] > Jew > Hellenistic

Greekc1384

Grecian1611

Hellenist1614

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Greeks > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Greece > Grecian Jew

Greekc1384

Grecian1611

Hellenist1614

1611 Bible (King James) Acts vi. 1 There arose a murmuring of the Grecians [R.V. Grecian Jews] against the Hebrewes.

1831 E. Burton Lect. Eccl. Hist. (1845) ii. 48 The Grecians were those foreign Jews, who since the captivity had lived in great numbers in different countries, and generally spoke Greek as the prevailing language.

1860 R. C. Trench Serm. in Westm. Abbey viii. 82 A ‘Greek’ is a Gentile..; but a ‘Grecian’ is a Jew, quite as much a Jew, as truly as the stock of Abraham, as the Hebrew; and with only the difference that..he, or his fathers before him, had unlearned the Hebrew tongue and spake the Greek language.

a. One learned in the Greek language; a Greek scholar.

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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Greek > one versed in Greek

Grecian1557

Hellenist1647

Greekist1796

philhellene1826

1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes f. 190/2 He became a great Gretian and latinest.

1577 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Chron. 75 Adrian being so great a Grecian..compounded certaine workes in Heroicall Metre.

1577 [see sense A. 1].

1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. xx. 239 All painfull students would be found to profit exceedingly, and to become rare Grecians in a little time.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) To Rdr. 4 I was a better Grecian in the 16^th than in the 66^th year of my life.

1705 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 10 July (O.H.S.) I. 3 One of the Græcians of Glocester Hall.

1790 W. Cowper Let. 30 Apr. (1982) III. 371 I know him [Dr. Madan] to be a rare old Greecian.

1817 W. Irving in Life & Lett. (1864) I. 360 He is a great favorite of Doctor Parr, and is very anxious to make me acquainted with that formidable old Grecian.

1890 D. S. Margoliouth Place of Ecclus. 14 The great Grecian, whose recent death closes the most brilliant period of Greek scholarship in this century, Prof. Cobet, of Leyden.

b. A boy in the highest class at Christ's Hospital (the Blue-coat School).

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > learner > one attending school > [noun] > pupil at specific school > at other specific schools

substance1811

Grecian1813

gown-boy1853

Rug1856

1813 C. Lamb Recoll. Christ's Hosp. in Gentleman's Mag. 87 Suppl. 620/1 The young men..who, under the denomination of Grecians, were waiting the expiration of the period when they should be sent, at the charges of the Hospital, to one or other of our Universities.

1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 217/2 The two brothers..were both scholars of Christ's Hospital. They were second Grecians, and might have gone to college.

†3. A member of the Greek Church. Obsolete.

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society > faith > sect > Christianity > Greek Orthodoxy > [noun] > person

easternOE

Greekc1380

Easterling1536

Greciana1549

orientalist1683

fermentarian1775

Prozymite1850

orthodox1888

a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) xx. 173 The Greciens do erre & swere in mani articles concerning our fayth.

a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie (1648) vi. 39 The Grecians Canon for some one Presbyter in every Church to undertake the charge of penitency..continued in force for the space of above some hundred years.

1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie (1636) i. i. 30 The Papists, under the Pope of Rome, The Grecians, under the Patriarch of Constantinople.

1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 404 A chapel..where the Grecians perform divine service.

4. slang. An Irishman: = Greek n. 6.

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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Irish > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Ireland

IrishmanOE

Ireis1297

hooded mana1464

Mac1518

Irish1553

Teague?1661

bog-trotter1682

Milesian1682

dear joy1688

Teaguelander1689

paddy1714

bog-lander1736

bog-stalkera1758

brogueneer1758

paddywhack1773

Pat1796

West Briton1805

Irisher1807

Patlander1820

Greek1823

Mick1850

redneck1852

Grecian1853

mickeyc1854

Mike1859

harp1904

1853 J. Garwood Million-peopled City 303 The descendants [of the Irish immigrants] are called ‘Irish Cockneys’, and the new-comers are called ‘Grecians’.

1879 J. Britten in Notes & Queries 5th Ser. XII. 147 In many places—e.g. London, Liverpool, and Manchester—young Irishmen, on their first arrival in England, are known as Grecians.

Compounds

In special collocations:

Grecian bend n. an affected carriage of the body, in which it is bent forward from the hips.

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the world > space > relative position > posture > [noun] > manner of carrying body > affected, in which body is bent

Grecian bend1821

Grecian curve1846

1821 Etonian No. 8 (1822) II. 219 In person he was of the common size, with something of the Grecian bend, contracted doubtless from sedentary habits.

1869 Daily Tel. 1 Sept. 3/3 Some [girls] affect what is called the ‘Grecian bend’.

1886 Cornhill Mag. Dec. 618 He likes a smart young woman with a Grecian bend.

† Grecian calends n. Obsolete (see calends n. 3b).

ΚΠ

1806 T. Moore Devil among Schol. 66 He..never paid a bill or balance Except upon the Grecian Kalends.

Grecian coil n. (see quot. 1966).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] > coil or knot of hair

bob1688

chignon1783

puff1839

krobylos1850

cadogan1852

waterfall1859

cob1865

roly-poly1866

Grecian coil1874

Psyche knot1874

catogan1885

coil1888

pouf1893

bun1894

French roll1910

neck-roll1920

Grecian knot1931

1874 C. M. Yonge Lady Hester v. 115 Her black hair in the Grecian coil we used to wear.

1966 J. Stevens Cox Illustr. Dict. Hairdressing & Wigmaking 66 Grecian coil, a kind of spiral roll by which the front hair on either side of a middle parting is brought forward onto the forehead and from the forehead rolled spirally towards the ears.

Grecian curve n. = Grecian bend n.

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the world > space > relative position > posture > [noun] > manner of carrying body > affected, in which body is bent

Grecian bend1821

Grecian curve1846

1846 J. G. Saxe Progress (1847) 18 ‘She stoops to conquer’ in a ‘Grecian curve’.

† Grecian dog n. [misinterpretation of grew-hound n.] Obsolete a greyhound.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > hound > [noun] > greyhound

greyhoundeOE

grifhound13..

greybitchc1330

grew-hound?a1400

greundc1420

long-tail1576

Grecian dog1607

fleet-hound1675

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 144 Among the diuers kinds of hunting Dogs, the Grey-hound or Græcian Dog..deserueth the first place.

Grecian fire n. (a) = Greek fire n. at Greek adj. Compounds; (b) a kind of firework.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > firework > [noun] > types of

fire sword1482

firedrake1608

fiend1634

fire club1634

fire lance1634

fire-target1634

saucisson1634

fire-trunk1639

runner1647

fire pole1708

fire fountain1729

fire-flyer1740

line-rocket1740

devil1742

fire tree1749

Grecian fire1774

jet1774

fire pan1799

metamorphose1818

Saxon1839

lightning paper1866

asteroid1875

brilliant1875

pearl1884

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > fire, radiation, or chemical weapons > [noun] > fire as weapon

fire?c1225

Greek fire?c1225

Greekish fire?c1225

wildfire1297

firework1528

liquid firea1616

dragoon1626

fire chemise1728

Grecian fire1774

chemise-

1774 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry I. iv. 157 This fyre grekys, or Grecian fire, seems to be a composition belonging to the Arabian chemistry.

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. ix. 117 Blue lights and Catherine-wheels, mines and bombs, Grecian-fires and Roman-candles.

1847 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Grecian-fire.

Grecian horse n. the wooden horse by means of which Troy was captured.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > [noun] > purporting to be gift

Trojan horse1574

wooden horse1622

Grecian horse1802

Greek gift1885

1802 A. Hamilton in N.Y. Evening Post 12 Jan. 2/5 To admit foreigners indiscriminately to the rights of citizens..would be nothing less than to admit the Grecian Horse into the Citadel of our Liberty and Sovereignty.

Grecian knot n. a method of dressing women's hair in imitation of the ancient Greek fashion.

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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] > coil or knot of hair

bob1688

chignon1783

puff1839

krobylos1850

cadogan1852

waterfall1859

cob1865

roly-poly1866

Grecian coil1874

Psyche knot1874

catogan1885

coil1888

pouf1893

bun1894

French roll1910

neck-roll1920

Grecian knot1931

1931 Queen 25 Feb. 38/1 Little twists of hair, Grecian knots and thick, soft plaits that clip on the back of the head..can be obtained very cheaply.

Grecian leather n. (see quots.).

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > leather from ox, cow, or buffalo

neat's leather?a1425

buff-leather1574

buff-hide1589

buff-skin1589

cowhide1728

robe1761

Grecian leather1852

crop1858

crop-leather1858

steerhide1921

1852 C. Morfit Art of Tanning, Currying, & Leather-dressing (1853) 369 Buffalo, or ‘Grecian leather’. This leather is made of buffalo-skins, and differs from other kinds in being tanned with myrtle-leaves instead of oak-bark.

† Grecian mustard n. Obsolete some plant of the family Thlaspideæ (‘ Thlaspi Græcum’, Gerarde).

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Cruciferae (crucifers) > [noun] > other crucifers

Raphanusa1398

watercress?a1450

boor's mustard1548

dish-mustard1548

rocket1548

treacle mustard1548

heal-dog1551

Thlaspi1562

candy mustard1597

Grecian mustard1597

Italian rocket1597

knave's mustard1597

madwort1597

mithridate mustard1597

moonwort1597

mithridate1605

wall-rocket1611

broom-wort1614

candytuft1629

draba1629

Turkey cress1633

rock cress1650

shepherd's cress1713

pennycress1714

alyssum1731

arabis1756

tower mustard1760

faverel1770

molewort1770

stinkweed1793

wall cabbage1796

wall-cress1796

awl-wort1797

sickle-pod1846

Kerguelen cabbage1847

sun cress1848

sand rocket1854

wall mustard1904

buckler-mustard-

tower-cress-

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 206 Grecian Mustard hath many leaues spread vpon the ground, like those of the common Daisie.

Grecian netting n. (see quots.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > with open texture > net or mesh > other

caul1481

mosquito netting1768

whip-net1839

filet1881

Grecian netting1882

vitrage net (also cloth)1886

pig net1948

micromesh1959

1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 360 Grecian Netting, used for purses when worked with fine silks, and for curtains and toilet cloths when worked with knitting cotton.

Grecian nose n. one that is straight and continues the line of the forehead.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [noun] > types of nose

snoutc1330

hawk-nose1534

bottlenose1553

saddle nose?c1599

snut-nose1603

tooter1638

bridgea1658

hook-nose1687

button1696

snub nose1724

pug nose1769

Roman1821

Grecian nose1830

snub1830

potato-nose1853

squash nose1882

number six nose1923

1830 T. Hook Maxwell I. viii. 102 A beautiful girl,..—Italian eyes—Grecian nose.

1873 L. Troubridge Life amongst Troubridges (1966) ii. 8 She has..a very good long, straight Grecian nose.

Grecian plait n. an elaborate plait of hair made from about thirteen strands.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] > tresses or plaits

tracec1380

plight?1387

tressa1400

plexc1450

braid1530

tuck1532

buoy-rope1546

trammels1589

entrammelling1598

border1601

point1604

pleat?1606

trammelets1654

maze1657

brede1696

queue1724

pigtail?1725

tie1725

cue1731

tuck-up1749

tutulus1753

club1786

tail1799

French twist1850

Grecian plait1851

French plait1871

horse's tail1873

Gretchen braid, plait1890

shimada1910

ponytail1916

French braid1937

cane row1939

dreadlocks1960

French pleat1964

Tom Jones1964

corn row1971

dread1984

club-pigtail-

1851 Ladies' Compan. & Monthly Mag. July 266/2 The ‘Grecian’ plait, and the ‘basket’ or ‘chain plait’, and the ‘cable plait’, are repeated again and again in various forms.

a1855 C. Brontë Professor (1857) II. xix. 58 Her plenteous brown hair arranged in smooth bands on her temples, and in a large Grecian plait behind.

1968 J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 188 Plait..Grecian, a more complicated version of the braid.

Grecian slipper n. a shop name for a soft slipper cut low at the side.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > light shoe or slipper > other

pantofle1494

mule1562

pantap1570

scarpinea1586

sock1597

sandal1794

powdering slipper1800

carpet slipper1851

Romeo slipper1889

Romeo1892

slipperslapper1922

Grecian slipper1926

Slipperette1931

ballerina1947

1926–7 Army & Navy Stores Catal. 654/1 Red, blue or brown leather Grecian Slippers, with heels.

1953 J. W. Johnson in J. H. Thornton Textbk. Footwear Manuf. ix. 520 The Grecian slipper usually has a folded or bagged edge and orthodox methods of closing are employed.

1970 Harrods Christmas Catal. 15/3 Grecian slipper with shiny patent stripes. 87/-..Man's Shop, ground floor.

Grecian splice n. Nautical (see quot. 1883²).

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > splice

splice1627

eyesplice1769

Grecian splice1883

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > a bond, tie, or fastening > [noun] > splice

splice1627

made eye1867

Grecian splice1883

1883 Man. Seamanship for Boys' Training Ships Royal Navy 124 A Grecian Splice [description follows].

1883 Man. Seamanship for Boys' Training Ships Royal Navy 125 There is also another way to make a Grecian splice, by making all the yarns into foxes, leaving no heart... This splice is also used for tailing a smaller to a larger size rope, when it has to travel through a block.

1944 C. W. Ashley Bk. Knots 434/2 (heading) The Grecian Shroud Splice.

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单词	grecian
释义	Grecianadj.n. /ˈɡriːʃ(ɪ)ən/ Forms: Also 1500s Grecien, Grecyon, Grætian, Gretian, 1500s–1700s Græcian. Etymology: < Latin Graecia Greece + -an suffix. Compare Old French grecien. A. adj. 1. Of or pertaining to Greece or its inhabitants; characteristic of the Greeks; resembling what is Greek; Greek. Now rare except with reference to style of architecture and facial outline. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Greeks > [adjective] Grecana1400 Greekc1400 Gregion1513 Greekisha1568 Grecian1577 Grecanic1601 pan-Ionian1613 Hellenic1644 Grecanical1678 Hellenian1740 Helladian1773 Helladic1779 Greek-like1847 Panhellenic1849 pan-Ionic1855 Graecized1860 Greekesquea1878 1577 T. Kendall tr. Politianus et al. Flowers of Epigrammes f. 98 Doest muse with skill of Grecian tongue, how Ladie Iane was fraight. As sone as euer she was borne she was a Grecian straite. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. xxiv. 65 b If..a Græcian woman [do marry] with a Perot Franco. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice v. i. 5 In such a night Troylus..sigh'd his soule toward the Grecian tents where Cressed lay that night. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 212 Great Seleucia, built by Grecian Kings. View more context for this quotation 1674 J. Josselyn Acct. Two Voy. 181 No trading for a stranger with them, but with a Grecian faith, which is not to part with your ware without ready money. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 287. ¶10 So different are the Genius's which are formed under Turkish Slavery, and Grecian Liberty. 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. II. 315 It consists of three arches, and is of Grecian marble. 1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. i. 3 Her features were of the Grecian outline. 1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) II. 157 The period when Grecian history begins to be genuine and connected. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess Prol. 12 A Gothic ruin, and a Grecian house. 1866 E. Masson tr. G. B. Winer Gram. New Test. Diction p. vi Hellenic..is the Attic Dialect, as modified in Athens itself, from the reign of Alexander the Great,—the period of its becoming the language of the educated throughout the Grecian world. †2. Belonging to the Greek Church. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Greek Orthodoxy > [adjective] Greek1564 eastern1572 Greciana1600 Greekish1606 Abassian1679 Anatolian1679 Eastern Orthodox1701 orthodox1716 Anatolic1839 a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie (1648) vi. 43 Grecian Catholick Bishops. B. n. 1. a. A native or inhabitant of Greece; a Greek. Obsolete or archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Greeks > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Greece Greekc893 Gregois13.. Griffon13.. Grewa1375 Hellene1482 Grecana1500 Argive?1532 Greciana1549 Hellenist1606 Greeklinga1637 Graecaster1716 Helladian1773 bubble and squeak1938 bubble1962 a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) xxi. 176 Except he be a lord or a Grecyon. 1571 T. Digges in L. Digges's Geom. Pract.: Pantometria Pref. sig. T j The Romanes and other Latin writers..haue not shamed to borrow of the Gretians these and many other termes of arte. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) i. iii. 70 Was this faire face the cause, quoth she, Why the Grecians sacked Troy? View more context for this quotation 1699 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ II. iii. i. 1 (heading) The Wars,..of the Ancient Grecians. 1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. ii. 42 The great Egyptian Thebes, a City much more ancient than the Nation of the Græcians. 1818 Ld. Byron Beppo xi. 6 Black eyes, arch'd brows, and sweet expressions still; Such as of old were copied from the Grecians. allusively.1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote III. xi. xiv. 230 A well-booted Grecian, [cf. ἐϋκνήμιδες Ἀχαιοί Hom. Il. i. 17] in a fustian frock and jockey cap. b. [translating Greek Ἑλληνιστής.] A Jew of the Dispersion who spoke Greek; a Grecian Jew; = Hellenist n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > Semite > [noun] > Jew > Hellenistic Greekc1384 Grecian1611 Hellenist1614 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Greeks > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Greece > Grecian Jew Greekc1384 Grecian1611 Hellenist1614 1611 Bible (King James) Acts vi. 1 There arose a murmuring of the Grecians [R.V. Grecian Jews] against the Hebrewes. View more context for this quotation 1831 E. Burton Lect. Eccl. Hist. (1845) ii. 48 The Grecians were those foreign Jews, who since the captivity had lived in great numbers in different countries, and generally spoke Greek as the prevailing language. 1860 R. C. Trench Serm. in Westm. Abbey viii. 82 A ‘Greek’ is a Gentile..; but a ‘Grecian’ is a Jew, quite as much a Jew, as truly as the stock of Abraham, as the Hebrew; and with only the difference that..he, or his fathers before him, had unlearned the Hebrew tongue and spake the Greek language. 2. a. One learned in the Greek language; a Greek scholar. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Greek > one versed in Greek Grecian1557 Hellenist1647 Greekist1796 philhellene1826 1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes f. 190/2 He became a great Gretian and latinest. 1577 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Chron. 75 Adrian being so great a Grecian..compounded certaine workes in Heroicall Metre. 1577 [see sense A. 1]. 1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. xx. 239 All painfull students would be found to profit exceedingly, and to become rare Grecians in a little time. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) To Rdr. 4 I was a better Grecian in the 16^th than in the 66^th year of my life. 1705 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 10 July (O.H.S.) I. 3 One of the Græcians of Glocester Hall. 1790 W. Cowper Let. 30 Apr. (1982) III. 371 I know him [Dr. Madan] to be a rare old Greecian. 1817 W. Irving in Life & Lett. (1864) I. 360 He is a great favorite of Doctor Parr, and is very anxious to make me acquainted with that formidable old Grecian. 1890 D. S. Margoliouth Place of Ecclus. 14 The great Grecian, whose recent death closes the most brilliant period of Greek scholarship in this century, Prof. Cobet, of Leyden. b. A boy in the highest class at Christ's Hospital (the Blue-coat School). ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > one attending school > [noun] > pupil at specific school > at other specific schools substance1811 Grecian1813 gown-boy1853 Rug1856 1813 C. Lamb Recoll. Christ's Hosp. in Gentleman's Mag. 87 Suppl. 620/1 The young men..who, under the denomination of Grecians, were waiting the expiration of the period when they should be sent, at the charges of the Hospital, to one or other of our Universities. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 217/2 The two brothers..were both scholars of Christ's Hospital. They were second Grecians, and might have gone to college. †3. A member of the Greek Church. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Greek Orthodoxy > [noun] > person easternOE Greekc1380 Easterling1536 Greciana1549 orientalist1683 fermentarian1775 Prozymite1850 orthodox1888 a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) xx. 173 The Greciens do erre & swere in mani articles concerning our fayth. a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie (1648) vi. 39 The Grecians Canon for some one Presbyter in every Church to undertake the charge of penitency..continued in force for the space of above some hundred years. 1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie (1636) i. i. 30 The Papists, under the Pope of Rome, The Grecians, under the Patriarch of Constantinople. 1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 404 A chapel..where the Grecians perform divine service. 4. slang. An Irishman: = Greek n. 6. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Irish > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Ireland IrishmanOE Ireis1297 hooded mana1464 Mac1518 Irish1553 Teague?1661 bog-trotter1682 Milesian1682 dear joy1688 Teaguelander1689 paddy1714 bog-lander1736 bog-stalkera1758 brogueneer1758 paddywhack1773 Pat1796 West Briton1805 Irisher1807 Patlander1820 Greek1823 Mick1850 redneck1852 Grecian1853 mickeyc1854 Mike1859 harp1904 1853 J. Garwood Million-peopled City 303 The descendants [of the Irish immigrants] are called ‘Irish Cockneys’, and the new-comers are called ‘Grecians’. 1879 J. Britten in Notes & Queries 5th Ser. XII. 147 In many places—e.g. London, Liverpool, and Manchester—young Irishmen, on their first arrival in England, are known as Grecians. Compounds In special collocations: Grecian bend n. an affected carriage of the body, in which it is bent forward from the hips. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > [noun] > manner of carrying body > affected, in which body is bent Grecian bend1821 Grecian curve1846 1821 Etonian No. 8 (1822) II. 219 In person he was of the common size, with something of the Grecian bend, contracted doubtless from sedentary habits. 1869 Daily Tel. 1 Sept. 3/3 Some [girls] affect what is called the ‘Grecian bend’. 1886 Cornhill Mag. Dec. 618 He likes a smart young woman with a Grecian bend. † Grecian calends n. Obsolete (see calends n. 3b). ΚΠ 1806 T. Moore Devil among Schol. 66 He..never paid a bill or balance Except upon the Grecian Kalends. Grecian coil n. (see quot. 1966). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] > coil or knot of hair bob1688 chignon1783 puff1839 krobylos1850 cadogan1852 waterfall1859 cob1865 roly-poly1866 Grecian coil1874 Psyche knot1874 catogan1885 coil1888 pouf1893 bun1894 French roll1910 neck-roll1920 Grecian knot1931 1874 C. M. Yonge Lady Hester v. 115 Her black hair in the Grecian coil we used to wear. 1966 J. Stevens Cox Illustr. Dict. Hairdressing & Wigmaking 66 Grecian coil, a kind of spiral roll by which the front hair on either side of a middle parting is brought forward onto the forehead and from the forehead rolled spirally towards the ears. Grecian curve n. = Grecian bend n. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > [noun] > manner of carrying body > affected, in which body is bent Grecian bend1821 Grecian curve1846 1846 J. G. Saxe Progress (1847) 18 ‘She stoops to conquer’ in a ‘Grecian curve’. † Grecian dog n. [misinterpretation of grew-hound n.] Obsolete a greyhound. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > hound > [noun] > greyhound greyhoundeOE grifhound13.. greybitchc1330 grew-hound?a1400 greundc1420 long-tail1576 Grecian dog1607 fleet-hound1675 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 144 Among the diuers kinds of hunting Dogs, the Grey-hound or Græcian Dog..deserueth the first place. Grecian fire n. (a) = Greek fire n. at Greek adj. Compounds; (b) a kind of firework. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > firework > [noun] > types of fire sword1482 firedrake1608 fiend1634 fire club1634 fire lance1634 fire-target1634 saucisson1634 fire-trunk1639 runner1647 fire pole1708 fire fountain1729 fire-flyer1740 line-rocket1740 devil1742 fire tree1749 Grecian fire1774 jet1774 fire pan1799 metamorphose1818 Saxon1839 lightning paper1866 asteroid1875 brilliant1875 pearl1884 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > fire, radiation, or chemical weapons > [noun] > fire as weapon fire?c1225 Greek fire?c1225 Greekish fire?c1225 wildfire1297 firework1528 liquid firea1616 dragoon1626 fire chemise1728 Grecian fire1774 chemise- 1774 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry I. iv. 157 This fyre grekys, or Grecian fire, seems to be a composition belonging to the Arabian chemistry. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. ix. 117 Blue lights and Catherine-wheels, mines and bombs, Grecian-fires and Roman-candles. 1847 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Grecian-fire. Grecian horse n. the wooden horse by means of which Troy was captured. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > [noun] > purporting to be gift Trojan horse1574 wooden horse1622 Grecian horse1802 Greek gift1885 1802 A. Hamilton in N.Y. Evening Post 12 Jan. 2/5 To admit foreigners indiscriminately to the rights of citizens..would be nothing less than to admit the Grecian Horse into the Citadel of our Liberty and Sovereignty. Grecian knot n. a method of dressing women's hair in imitation of the ancient Greek fashion. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] > coil or knot of hair bob1688 chignon1783 puff1839 krobylos1850 cadogan1852 waterfall1859 cob1865 roly-poly1866 Grecian coil1874 Psyche knot1874 catogan1885 coil1888 pouf1893 bun1894 French roll1910 neck-roll1920 Grecian knot1931 1931 Queen 25 Feb. 38/1 Little twists of hair, Grecian knots and thick, soft plaits that clip on the back of the head..can be obtained very cheaply. Grecian leather n. (see quots.). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > leather from ox, cow, or buffalo neat's leather?a1425 buff-leather1574 buff-hide1589 buff-skin1589 cowhide1728 robe1761 Grecian leather1852 crop1858 crop-leather1858 steerhide1921 1852 C. Morfit Art of Tanning, Currying, & Leather-dressing (1853) 369 Buffalo, or ‘Grecian leather’. This leather is made of buffalo-skins, and differs from other kinds in being tanned with myrtle-leaves instead of oak-bark. † Grecian mustard n. Obsolete some plant of the family Thlaspideæ (‘ Thlaspi Græcum’, Gerarde). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Cruciferae (crucifers) > [noun] > other crucifers Raphanusa1398 watercress?a1450 boor's mustard1548 dish-mustard1548 rocket1548 treacle mustard1548 heal-dog1551 Thlaspi1562 candy mustard1597 Grecian mustard1597 Italian rocket1597 knave's mustard1597 madwort1597 mithridate mustard1597 moonwort1597 mithridate1605 wall-rocket1611 broom-wort1614 candytuft1629 draba1629 Turkey cress1633 rock cress1650 shepherd's cress1713 pennycress1714 alyssum1731 arabis1756 tower mustard1760 faverel1770 molewort1770 stinkweed1793 wall cabbage1796 wall-cress1796 awl-wort1797 sickle-pod1846 Kerguelen cabbage1847 sun cress1848 sand rocket1854 wall mustard1904 buckler-mustard- tower-cress- 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 206 Grecian Mustard hath many leaues spread vpon the ground, like those of the common Daisie. Grecian netting n. (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > with open texture > net or mesh > other caul1481 mosquito netting1768 whip-net1839 filet1881 Grecian netting1882 vitrage net (also cloth)1886 pig net1948 micromesh1959 1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 360 Grecian Netting, used for purses when worked with fine silks, and for curtains and toilet cloths when worked with knitting cotton. Grecian nose n. one that is straight and continues the line of the forehead. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [noun] > types of nose snoutc1330 hawk-nose1534 bottlenose1553 saddle nose?c1599 snut-nose1603 tooter1638 bridgea1658 hook-nose1687 button1696 snub nose1724 pug nose1769 Roman1821 Grecian nose1830 snub1830 potato-nose1853 squash nose1882 number six nose1923 1830 T. Hook Maxwell I. viii. 102 A beautiful girl,..—Italian eyes—Grecian nose. 1873 L. Troubridge Life amongst Troubridges (1966) ii. 8 She has..a very good long, straight Grecian nose. Grecian plait n. an elaborate plait of hair made from about thirteen strands. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] > tresses or plaits tracec1380 plight?1387 tressa1400 plexc1450 braid1530 tuck1532 buoy-rope1546 trammels1589 entrammelling1598 border1601 point1604 pleat?1606 trammelets1654 maze1657 brede1696 queue1724 pigtail?1725 tie1725 cue1731 tuck-up1749 tutulus1753 club1786 tail1799 French twist1850 Grecian plait1851 French plait1871 horse's tail1873 Gretchen braid, plait1890 shimada1910 ponytail1916 French braid1937 cane row1939 dreadlocks1960 French pleat1964 Tom Jones1964 corn row1971 dread1984 club-pigtail- 1851 Ladies' Compan. & Monthly Mag. July 266/2 The ‘Grecian’ plait, and the ‘basket’ or ‘chain plait’, and the ‘cable plait’, are repeated again and again in various forms. a1855 C. Brontë Professor (1857) II. xix. 58 Her plenteous brown hair arranged in smooth bands on her temples, and in a large Grecian plait behind. 1968 J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 188 Plait..Grecian, a more complicated version of the braid. Grecian slipper n. a shop name for a soft slipper cut low at the side. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > light shoe or slipper > other pantofle1494 mule1562 pantap1570 scarpinea1586 sock1597 sandal1794 powdering slipper1800 carpet slipper1851 Romeo slipper1889 Romeo1892 slipperslapper1922 Grecian slipper1926 Slipperette1931 ballerina1947 1926–7 Army & Navy Stores Catal. 654/1 Red, blue or brown leather Grecian Slippers, with heels. 1953 J. W. Johnson in J. H. Thornton Textbk. Footwear Manuf. ix. 520 The Grecian slipper usually has a folded or bagged edge and orthodox methods of closing are employed. 1970 Harrods Christmas Catal. 15/3 Grecian slipper with shiny patent stripes. 87/-..Man's Shop, ground floor. Grecian splice n. Nautical (see quot. 1883²). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > splice splice1627 eyesplice1769 Grecian splice1883 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > a bond, tie, or fastening > [noun] > splice splice1627 made eye1867 Grecian splice1883 1883 Man. Seamanship for Boys' Training Ships Royal Navy 124 A Grecian Splice [description follows]. 1883 Man. Seamanship for Boys' Training Ships Royal Navy 125 There is also another way to make a Grecian splice, by making all the yarns into foxes, leaving no heart... This splice is also used for tailing a smaller to a larger size rope, when it has to travel through a block. 1944 C. W. Ashley Bk. Knots 434/2 (heading) The Grecian Shroud Splice. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.a1549
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