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GRAECOPHILIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Graecophilic mean?
• GRAECOPHILIC (adjective)
The adjective GRAECOPHILIC has 1 sense:
1. characterized by a love of Greece and Grecian things
Familiarity information: GRAECOPHILIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Characterized by a love of Greece and Grecian things
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
Graecophile; Graecophilic; philhellene; philhellenic
Context example:
the Philhellenic Society
Derivation:
Graecophile (an admirer of Greece and everything Greek)
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