grecian
/ˈɡɹiːʃn̩/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.46 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
- "I spoke of Mr. Harris, of Salisbury, as being a very learned man, and in particular an eminent Grecian."
- "[…] and I will so exhibit its very words as that the reader, even if no Grecian, may understand the point in litigation."
Etymology
From Latin Graecia + -an. Compare Old French grecien and Middle English grecan, grecen, greken, grekin. By surface analysis, Greco- + -ian.
Word Breakdown
- Suffix: Graecia