Katharevousa τὸ πλοῖον and the demotic learnedism τὸ πλοῖο mean 'ship' in general. Demotic πλοῖο is stylistically more elevated than its synonym τὸ καράβι.
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Learnedism
//ˈlɜːnɪdɪzəm//
Synonyms for "learnedism"
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Furthermore, περ is productive in the Italiot texts, presumably as a learnedism rather than a popular survival.
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I also hear clearly his adoption of a perspective indexed by his use of anthropological terms (for example, he repeatedly uses the word boribot, “context,” a true learnedism, in his current conversations[…]
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