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Greek

/ɡɹiːk/ noun C2
  1. A person from Greece or of Greek descent. (countable)
  2. Greek cuisine, traditional or representative Greek food. (uncountable)
  3. Synonym of gibberish, used for foreign speech or text, technical jargon, or advanced subjects. (colloquial, figuratively, uncountable)
  4. Synonym of lorem ipsum, dummy placeholder text used in greeking. (colloquial, figuratively, uncountable)
  5. A member of a collegiate fraternity or sorority. (US, colloquial, countable) · Was Joe a Greek in college?
  6. Anal sex. (slang, uncountable)
  7. One of the Greeks, measures of derivative price sensitivity. (countable, uncountable)

Plural Greeks

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“But I’m going to study Latin and Greek just the same, Mrs.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 325 · C1
It may be most obvious to you in the Greek e’s, but to me there are many small points which indicate the same thing.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 50 · B2
The Greek e with the peculiar top flourish is distinctive.
The Valley of Fear, p. 1 · C1
I had some vague recollection of an explanation at the time of the Adventure of the Greek Interpreter.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 3 · B2

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