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Paleo-Balkanic forms from a tribal name Graii. See also the Wikipedia articles on “Griko” and “Names of the Greeks”. In reference to fraternities and sororities, a clipping of earlier Greek-letter in reference to their usual names being initialisms of mottos in the Greek language. Presently, it’s more common to refer to college fraternities and sororities as Greek life etc.

Greek-letter is still used in reference to honor societies using similar names. The written form of these languages. In modern contexts including Wiktionary’s entries, Greek is used for the language of modern Greece and Ancient Greek or one of its synonyms for the language of antiquity. A person from Greece or of Greek descent. Greek cuisine, traditional or representative Greek food. I don’t hear one word in ten that they say,” continued Mrs. Which Kind of Life Insurance Policy?

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. A member of a collegiate fraternity or sorority.

Was Joe a Greek in college? 2001, “ASP: ‘Julie’ of Oral-Land-Oh”, alt. Usenet: She is absolutely a total GFE, no limits, except no Greek. Hand-job, blow-job, full sex — straight, full service. Greek, maybe, if you’re not too big. Golden shower, if you like, but not reverse. One of the Greeks, measures of derivative price sensitivity.

284: A discovery of Greeking at Brighton, has made considerable noise this month in the sporting world. English Dictionary: from Webster’s Dictionary — the Rosetta Edition. Greece, the Greeks, or their language. Semitic form of writing, employing some letters that originally represented consonants for use as vowel sounds, which was used from about the beginning of the first millennium b. Greek, and from which the Latin, Cyrillic, and other alphabets were derived.

Greeks and any of the languages that have developed from it, as Hellenistic Greek, Biblical Greek, the Koine, and Modern Greek. This contract is all Greek to me. WILL YOU SAIL OR STUMBLE ON THESE GRAMMAR QUESTIONS? Smoothly step over to these common grammar mistakes that trip many people up. Fill in the blank: I can’t figure out _____ gave me this gift. King Otho both off the throne and on.