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单词 un-greek
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un-Greekn.adj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈɡriːk/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈɡriːk/, U.S. /ˌənˈɡrik/
Etymology: un- prefix1 6, 1. Compare (in sense A.) Dutch Ongriek, German Ungrieche (Luther), older Danish Ugræke.
A. n.
One who is not a Greek. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Greeks > [noun] > not Greek
un-Greek1535
barbarian1628
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Rom. i. 14 I am detter both to the Grekes, and to the vngrekes.
B. adj.
Not Greek in character; not in accordance with Greek ideas or habits.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Greeks > [adjective] > not Greek
un-Grecian1799
un-Greek1846
1846 T. Keightley Notes Bucolics & Georgics of Virgil 332 Supplying..a totally un-Latin secundum, in Greek a κατά, which is for the most part quite as un-Greek.
1853 W. Whewell tr. H. Grotius De Jure Belli III. 221 The slaughter of the Thebans, who had surrendered, was an un-Greek massacre.
1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues II. 38 One of the most remarkable conceptions of the Republic [of Plato], because un-Greek in character.
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