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GRAECOPHILIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Graecophilic mean? 

GRAECOPHILIC (adjective)
  The adjective GRAECOPHILIC has 1 sense:

1. characterized by a love of Greece and Grecian thingsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GRAECOPHILIC (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

Derivation:

Graecophile (an admirer of Greece and everything Greek)


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