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Demotic

Of or pertaining to the people; popular; common.

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Common 84% connected

Belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to more than one; as, you and I have a common interest in the property.

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Common 84% connected

Belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to more than one; as, you and I have a common interest in the property.

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Greek 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Greece or the Greeks; Grecian.

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Hieratic 76% connected

Consecrated to sacred uses; sacerdotal; pertaining to priests.

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Romaic 74% connected

Of or relating to modern Greece, and especially to its language.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Romaic 74% connected

Of or relating to modern Greece, and especially to its language.

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Romaic 66% connected

Of or relating to modern Greece, and especially to its language.

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Romaic 92% connected

Of or relating to modern Greece, and especially to its language.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Adoption noun · 78% connection

the appropriation (of ideas or words etc.) from another source; "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent"

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Attic noun · 78% connection

the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia

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Borrowing noun · 78% connection

the appropriation (of ideas or words etc.) from another source; "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent"

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Classical adjective · 78% connection

of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially their art, literature, or culture; "classical mytho…

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Classical Greek noun · 78% connection

the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia

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Combination noun · 78% connection

the act of combining things to form a new whole

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Combining noun · 78% connection

the act of combining things to form a new whole

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Combining form noun · 78% connection

a bound form used only in compounds; "‘hemato-’ is a combining form in words like ‘hematology’"

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Compounding noun · 78% connection

the act of combining things to form a new whole

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Descriptor noun · 78% connection

the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected form…

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Erudite adjective · 78% connection

having or showing profound knowledge; "a learned jurist"; "an erudite professor"

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form noun · 78% connection

the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected form…

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Graeco-Roman adjective · 78% connection

of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially their art, literature, or culture; "classical mytho…

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Greco-Roman adjective · 78% connection

of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially their art, literature, or culture; "classical mytho…

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Hellenic adjective · 78% connection

relating to or characteristic of the classical Greek civilization

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Hellenistic adjective · 78% connection

relating to or characteristic of the classical Greek civilization

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Hellenistical adjective · 78% connection

relating to or characteristic of the classical Greek civilization

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Ionic noun · 78% connection

the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia

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Ad captandum unknown · 78% connection

A phrase used adjectively sometimes of meretricious attempts to catch or win popular favor.

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Allay verb · 78% connection

To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm; as, to allay popular excitement; to allay the tumult of the pas…

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Aristocracy noun · 78% connection

The nobles or chief persons in a state; a privileged class or patrician order; (in a popular use) those who are regarded as superior t…

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Autumn noun · 78% connection

The third season of the year, or the season between summer and winter, often called "the fall." Astronomically, it begins in the north…

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Ballad noun · 78% connection

A popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; as, the ballad of Chevy Chase; esp., a sentimental or romantic po…

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Barcarolle noun · 78% connection

A popular song or melody sung by Venetian gondoliers.

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Bean noun · 78% connection

The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more or less resembling true beans.

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Bloom noun · 78% connection

A popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals; as, the rose-red cobalt bloom.

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Boom verb · 78% connection

To have a rapid growth in market value or in popular favor; to go on rushingly.

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Bowl noun · 78% connection

An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with biased balls on a level plat of greensward.

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Bruin adjective · 78% connection

A bear; -- so called in popular tales and fables.

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Bullfighting noun · 78% connection

A barbarous sport, of great antiquity, in which men torment, and fight with, a bull or bulls in an arena, for public amusement, -- sti…

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