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Greek
noun
1 Greek
The Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages.
synonyms: Hellenic, Hellenic language.
Dutch: Grieks
Polish: demotyk, język grecki, nowogrecki, greka, demotyka
2 Greek
A native or inhabitant of Greece.
synonym: Hellene.
Dutch: Griekse, Helleen, Griek
Polish: Grek, Hellen
Roget 519:
unintelligibility;
incomprehensibility,
imperspicuity†;
inconceivableness,
vagueness
etc.
adj.;
obscurity;
ambiguity
etc.
520;
doubtful meaning;
uncertainty
etc.
475;
perplexity
etc.
(confusion)
59;
spinosity†;
obscurum per obscurius [Lat.];
mystification
etc.
(concealment)
528;
latency
etc.
526;
transcendentalism.
paradox,
oxymoron;
riddle,
enigma,
puzzle
etc.
(secret)
533;
diagnus vindice nodus [Lat.];
sealed book;
steganography†,
freemasonry.
pons asinorum [Lat.],
asses' bridge;
high Dutch,
Greek,
Hebrew;
jargon
etc.
(unmeaning)
517.
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Roget 792:
thief,
robber,
homo triumliterarum [Lat.],
pilferer,
rifler,
filcher†,
plagiarist.
spoiler,
depredator,
pillager,
marauder;
harpy,
shark [Slang],
land shark,
falcon,
mosstrooper†,
bushranger†,
Bedouin†,
brigand,
freebooter,
bandit,
thug,
dacoit†;
pirate,
corsair,
viking,
Paul Jones†,
buccaneer,
buccanier†;
piqueerer†,
pickeerer†;
rover,
ranger,
privateer,
filibuster;
rapparee†,
wrecker,
picaroon†;
smuggler,
poacher;
abductor,
badger [Slang],
bunko man,
cattle thief,
chor†,
contrabandist†,
crook,
hawk,
holdup man,
hold-up [U.S.],
jackleg [U.S.],
kidnaper,
rustler,
cattle rustler,
sandbagger,
sea king,
skin [Slang],
sneak thief,
spieler†,
strong-arm man [U.S.].
highwayman,
Dick Turpin,
Claude Duval,
Macheath,
footpad,
sturdy beggar.
cut purse,
pick purse;
pickpocket,
light-fingered gentry;
sharper;
card sharper,
skittle sharper;
thimblerigger;
rook [Slang],
Greek,
blackleg,
leg,
welsher [Slang];
defaulter;
Autolycus†,
Jeremy Diddler†,
Robert Macaire,
artful dodger,
trickster;
swell mob [Slang],
chevalier d'industrie [Fr.];
shoplifter.
swindler,
peculator;
forger,
coiner;
fence,
receiver of stolen goods,
duffer;
smasher.
burglar,
housebreaker;
cracksman†,
magsman [Slang];
Bill Sikes,
Jack Sheppard,
Jonathan Wild.
gang
[group of thieves],
gang of thieves,
theft ring;
organized crime,
mafia,
the Sicilian Mafia,
the mob,
la cosa nostra [It].
[famous thieves],
Dillinger,
Al Capone;
Robin Hood.
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adjective
1 Greek
Of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language:
— Greek mythology.
synonyms: Grecian, Hellenic.
Polish: grecki
Moby thesaurus: Aesopian language, Babel, affiliate, argot, associate, babble, belonger, brother, cant, card-carrier, card-carrying member, cardholder, charter member, cipher, clubber, clubman, clubwoman, code, committeeman, comrade, conventioneer, conventioner, conventionist, cryptogram, double Dutch, drivel, dues-paying member, enlistee, enrollee, fellow, fraternity man, garble, gibberish, gift of tongues, glossolalia, gobbledygook, guildsman, honorary member, initiate, insider, jabber, jabberwocky, jargon, joiner, jumble, life member, member, noise, nonsense, one of us, pledge, scramble, secret language, sister, skimble-skamble, slang, socius, sorority girl, sorority woman ... show more.
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