Graecismus

Graecismus

Definition: Graecismus, the use of Idioms; well-known phrases and sayings.

Origin: Medieval Latin from the words //graec// and //ismus// meaning “us” and “-ism”.

Origin taken from Dictionary.com

Examples from Text


 * "Food is coated with the killers too, whole crowds of unseen pathogens, from the soil, the air, everywhere. Sometimes, ignorance damn sure can be bliss." from "Surfaces" by Peggy Hansen

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