Graecismus

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Use of Greek words and examples. historical, rhetoric, uncountable
  2. 2
    Affectation of erudition. rhetoric, uncountable

Etymology

From Medieval Latin graecismus. Doublet of Grecism.

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