单词 | greekdom |
释义 | Greekdomn. 1. The realm of Greeks, the Greek world; also, a Greek state or community. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > Greece > [noun] Greeklandc1000 Grewc1275 Greekdom1843 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present 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. 1868 B. 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). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card-sharping or cheating > [noun] > card-sharper > fraternity of Greekdom1861 1861 All Year Round 334 The ranks of modern Greekdom, are..recruited by individuals who have been brought to ruin by wastefulness and debauchery. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1843 |
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