Greekish

English

Etymology

From Middle English grekissh, from Old English Grēcisc, from Grēcas (“the Greeks”) + -isc (“-ish”). By surface analysis, Greek +‎ -ish. Piecewise doublet of Greekesque.

Adjective

Greekish (comparative more Greekish, superlative most Greekish)

  1. Resembling or having the characteristics of Greek or the Greek people.
    Synonym: Greeky
    • 1624, Philip Massinger, The Bondman:
      Look better on this virgin, and consider / This Persian shape laid by, and she appearing / In a Greekish dress.

References

  • Greekish in Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
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