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As nouns the difference between greek and greet

is that greek is an inhabitant, resident, or a person of descent from Greece while greet is mourning, weeping, lamentation.

As adjectives the difference between greek and greet

is that greek is of or relating to Greece, the Greek people, or the Greek language while greet is great.

As verbs the difference between greek and greet

is that greek is to display a placeholder instead of text, especially to optimize speed in displaying text that would be too small to read while greet is to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes; to salute; to hail; to welcome; to accost with friendship; to pay respects or compliments to, either personally or through the intervention of another, or by writing or token.

As a proper noun Greek

is the language of the Greek people, spoken in Greece and in Greek communities.

greek

English

Alternative forms

* (abbreviation):

Noun

  • (countable) An inhabitant, resident, or a person of descent from Greece.
  • (US, countable) A member of a college fraternity or sorority, which are commonly characterised by being named after Greek letters. (See also Greek system)
    • "Was Joe a Greek in college?"
  • (uncountable) Unintelligible speech or text, such as foreign speech or text, or regarding subjects the listener is not familiar with, such as mathematics or technical jargon; or statements that the listener does not understand or agree with.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1821 , author=Mary Jane Mackenzie , title=Geraldine, or Modes of faith and practice , page=8 citation , isbn= , passage="I don't hear one word in ten that they say," continued Mrs. Abingdon; "it's Greek to me. However, ..."}}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1859 , author=Kinahan Cornwallis , title=Two journeys to Japan, 1856-7, Volume 2 , page=246 citation , isbn= , passage="It's all Greek to me," said my companion at the outset, but as the warrior continued, his fears arose within him; it might be sentence of death — what did he know what it might not be?}}
  • * {{quote-magazine
    • , year=1951 , date=December , author= , coauthors= , title=Which Kind of Life Insurance Policy? , magazine=Changing Times - The Kiplinger Magazine , volume=5 , issue=12 , page=28 citation , passage=...preferred risk...family maintenance...20-pay life. That's a bare sampling of the merchandise you're asked to pick and choose from. If it sounds like Greek' to you, don't worry. It sounds like ' Greek to most people. }}
  • (uncountable, slang) Anal sex.
  • * 2001 , "(unknown)", ASP: "Julie" of Oral-Land-Oh'' (on newsgroup ''alt.sex.prostitution )
    • She is absolutely a total GFE, no limits, except no Greek . (Well...I say “no Greek” - - if she is really hot for you, and if she is really turned on in a long session, she might beg for a finger in her anus while you suck her clit, but she is just too tiny and tight for any “real meat” in the backdoor.)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The language of the Greek people, spoken in Greece and in Greek communities.
  • The writing system used in Greek language.

    • Usage notes

    In writings about the modern world, Greek is used primarily for the modern language currently spoken in Greece, and Ancient Greek will be used for older forms of the language. In the classics and other pre-modern studies, Greek will be used for the old forms of the language, and if the modern language is mentioned, it will be called Modern Greek.

    Derived terms

    * Ancient Greek * Byzantine Greek * Cappadocian Greek * Indo-Greek * Mediaeval Greek * Modern Greek * Mycenaean Greek * Proto-Greek

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Of or relating to Greece, the Greek people, or the Greek language.
  • *
  • *:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out.. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft.
  • (lb) Of or pertaining to a fraternity or sorority.
  • Unintelligible, especially regarding foreign speech or text, or regarding subjects the speaker is not familiar with, such as mathematics or technical jargon.

    • Synonyms

    * Graeco- * Grecian * Hellenic * Helleno-

    Derived terms

    * Ancient Greek * Classical Greek * Demotic Greek * Greek alphabet * Greek chorus * Greek fire * Greek house * Greekish * Greek numbers * Greek Orthodox * Greek salad * Greek system * it's all Greek to me * Koine Greek * Modern Greek * Protogreek

    Related terms

    * (El Greco) * Grecian * Greco- * Greco-Roman

    See also

    * (wikipedia) (Other headwords of interest) * Dhimotiki * Hellenic * Hellenism * Hellenistic * Hellenize * Katharevousa * Koine * (el) * Language list

    Statistics

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    External links

    * Greek–English Dictionary]: from [http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/ Webster’s Dictionary — the Rosetta Edition. * * *

    greet

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) . Compare Old Saxon grotian, Old Frisian greta, Old High German gruozen.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes; to salute; to hail; to welcome; to accost with friendship; to pay respects or compliments to, either personally or through the intervention of another, or by writing or token.
  • * 1591 , (William Shakespeare), , Act III, scene 1
    • My lord, the mayor of London comes to greet you.
  • * 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter I,
    • Warwick observed, as they passed through the respectable quarter, that few people who met the girl greeted her, and that some others whom she passed at gates or doorways gave her no sign of recognition; from which he inferred that she was possibly a visitor in the town and not well acquainted.
  • To come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad.
  • * '1707, (Joseph Addison), ''Rosamond , Act I, scene 4
    • In vain the spring my senses greets .
  • To accost; to address.
    • (Alexander Pope)
  • To meet and give salutations.
  • * circa 1590 , (William Shakespeare), (Titus Adronicus), Act I, scene 2, line 90
    • There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep in peace.
  • To be perceived by (somebody).
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= The new masters and commanders , passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}
    Derived terms
    * greeter * meet-and-greet

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete, outside, Scotland) Great.

    • Etymology 3

    From a blend of two (etyl) verbs, (of uncertain ultimate origin), both ‘weep, lament’.

    Verb

  • (Scotland, Northern England) To weep; to cry.
  • *1933 , (Lewis Grassic Gibbon), Cloud Howe'', Polygon 2006 (''A Scots Quair ), page 312:
  • *:And damn't! if he didn't take down her bit things and scone her so sore she grat like a bairn [...].
  • * 2008 , (James Kelman), Kieron Smith, Boy , Penguin 2009, page 2:
    • My maw went potty and started greeting .

    Noun

    (-)
  • Mourning, weeping, lamentation.

    • References

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    Anagrams

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