Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

greekish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: greek-ish
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or having the characteristics of Greek or the Greek people.

adj

Greek, Grecian.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Kitty Garman, daughter of Kathleen Garman—Lorna Wishart's sister—and Jacob Epstein, became his Greekish muse in a series of portraits culminating in Girl With Roses, a masterpiece of wide-eyed apprehension."
"Thou shouldst not bear from me a Greekish member."
"Look better on this virgin, and consider / This Persian shape laid by, and she appearing / In a Greekish dress."

Etymology

From Middle English grekissh, from Old English Grēcisc, from Grēcas (“the Greeks”) + -isc (“-ish”). By surface analysis, Greek + -ish. Piecewise doublet of Greekesque.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: grekissh, Grēcisc

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more Greekish (comparative) most Greekish (superlative)

Derived Forms

Greekishness

Synonyms

Greeky

Questions

What does greekish mean?: Resembling or having the characteristics of Greek or the Greek people.
Where does greekish come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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