Grecian

See also: Graecian, Græcian, and Gracian

English

Alternative forms

• Græcian, Graecian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹi.ʃən/

Adjective

Grecian (not comparable)

1. (obsolete or poetic) Greek (of or from Greece or the Greek people, especially those of Ancient Greece).
   • 1840, John Dunlop, The Universal Tendency to Association in Mankind. Analyzed and Illustrated, London: Houlston and Stoneman, page 103:

     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.

   Synonym: Hellenic

Derived terms

• Grecian knot

Noun

Grecian (plural Grecians)

1. (obsolete) A native or inhabitant of Greece.
2. A senior pupil at Christ's Hospital School in West Sussex, England.
3. (obsolete) A Jew who spoke Greek; a Hellenist.
4. (obsolete) One well versed in the Greek language, literature, or history.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of De Quincey to this entry?)

5. (obsolete, slang) An Irish labourer newly arrived on the British mainland.

Derived terms

• (senior pupil at Christ's Hospital): Grecianship

Anagrams

• Gricean, anergic