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English
Etymology
From Middle English grekissh, from Old English Grēcisc, from Grēcas (“the Greeks”) + -isc (“-ish”). By surface analysis, Greek + -ish. Piecewise doublet of Greekesque.
Adjective
Greekish (comparative more Greekish, superlative most Greekish)
- Resembling or having the characteristics of Greek or the Greek people.
- Synonym: Greeky
1624, Philip Massinger, The Bondman:Look better on this virgin, and consider / This Persian shape laid by, and she appearing / In a Greekish dress.
References
- Greekish in Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged