Greek
adjective
of or relating to Greece, the Greeks, or their language.
pseudo-Greek
-
a word derived from
Greek.
Example Sentences
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Nor was Alcestis improved by the Met's pseudo-Greek staging and top-heavy production featuring, among other banalities, steam puffing from Hades and two clumsy and amateurish ballets.
From Time Magazine Archive
But if his vision is Greek his models are Parisian, while his forms are more Gothic than the pseudo-Greek of the academy.
From Promenades of an Impressionist by James Huneker
It had been so proud of its finery, its pseudo-Greek columns, and its rich furnishings.
From Adventures of a Despatch Rider by William Henry Lowe Watson
Everything considered it makes a poor showing; but its pseudo-Greek façade, were it removed, would certainly be missed in this section of Paris.
From Royal Palaces and Parks of France by Blanche McManus
It returns to the Greek or pseudo-Greek names of the heroic romance, and to its questionable device of histoires stuck like plums in a pudding.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by George Saintsbury
