Definition of Greekling. Meaning of Greekling. Synonyms of Greekling

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Definition of Greekling

Greekling
Greekling Greek"ling, n. A little Greek, or one of small esteem or pretensions. --B. Jonson.

Meaning of Greekling from wikipedia

- for Gr**** literature and culture earned him the nickname Graeculus ("Gr****ling"), intended as a form of "mild mockery". Hadrian's first official post...
- religious piety, and believed that excessive imitation of the Graeculus "Gr****ling" (a Roman slur for Gr****s po****rised by Cicero) would lead to the collapse...
- responds with some contempt. Do they think he is some idle talkative Gr****ling? Do they think that he just answers any question that is posed to him...
- phil****enism, and that love for all things Gr**** awarded him the nickname "The Gr****ling." Within Hadrian's lifetime he had visited Greece on three separate occasions...
- the Rosettists come off as "the thick-necked Bulgars, the thin-nosed Gr****lings", remain especially controversial. Once he reinvented himself as a Junimist...