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PHILHELLENIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does philhellenic mean? 

PHILHELLENIC (adjective)
  The adjective PHILHELLENIC has 1 sense:

1. characterized by a love of Greece and Grecian thingsplay

  Familiarity information: PHILHELLENIC used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PHILHELLENIC (adjective)


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

Pertainym:

philhellene (an admirer of Greece and everything Greek)

Derivation:

philhellene (an admirer of Greece and everything Greek)


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