graecismus

Figure Name graecismus
Source Silva Rhetoricae (http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/Silva.htm)
Earliest Source None
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Etymology L. "Greekism"
Type Chroma
Linguistic Domain Syntactic
Definition

Using Greek words, examples, or grammatical structures. Sometimes considered an affectation of erudition.

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Confidence Unconfident
Last Editor Ashley Rose Kelly
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