Grecian
pronunciation
How to pronounce Grecian in British English:
UK [ˈgri:ʃn]
How to pronounce Grecian in American English:
US [ˈɡriʃən]
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks
Word Origin
- Grecian (adj.)
- c. 1400, from Old French Grecien, from Latin Graecia "Greece" (see Greek (n.)) + people ending -ian. The noun meaning "a Greek" is from early 15c.
Example
- 1. Characterized by a love of greece and grecian things .
- 2. What do I know of the grecian affair ?
- 3. Keats , a famous english poet , expresses the notion of the permanence of art and transience of human life in his masterpiece " ode on grecian urn " .
- 4. Modest grecian draping on the red carpet I love the gisele dress .
- 5. Then one night isadora and one of her brothers were dancing in their grecian veils in a small garden .