| 释义 |
Greekdom|ˈgriːkdəm|
[f. Greek n. + -dom.]
1. The realm of Greeks, the Greek world; also, a Greek state or community.
1843Carlyle Past & Pr. iii. v. 216 The old Romans also could not speak, for many centuries:—not till the world was theirs; and so many speaking Greekdoms, their logic⁓arrows all spent, had been absorbed and abolished. 1868B. Cracroft Ess. II. 72 The original of the ‘Arabian Nights’ is probably separated by quite as wide an interval from modern Asiatic life as ‘Homer’ from modern Greekdom.
2. The fraternity of ‘Greeks’ or sharpers (see Greek n. 4).
1861All Year Round 334 The ranks of modern Greekdom, are..recruited by individuals who have been brought to ruin by wastefulness and debauchery. |