greecious

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greecious (comparative more greecious, superlative most greecious)

  1. (nonstandard) Pronunciation spelling of gracious.
    • 1884, Theo Gift (Dorothy Henrietta Boulger), A matter-of-fact girl[1], page 283:
      Mistress Lucking, that foire were in our greecious Queen's service, zo 'twould be treason to speak ill o't...
    • 1885, John Conroy Hutcheson, On Board the Esmeralda: Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story[2]:
      "Gudeness greecious!" ejaculated the mate again, blinking bewilderedly, like an owl unexpectedly exposed to daylight; but Captain Billings did not waste time in any further explanations or unnecessary words.
    • 1929, Gerald William Bullett, The Pandervils: Egg & Nicky, Heinemann, page 393:
      ...we would 'umbly ask and crave thy greecious blessing, O Lard, upon this 'ousehold one and all gathered 'ere together at thy footstool.

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