Greekling

English

Etymology

Greek +‎ -ling

Noun

Greekling (plural Greeklings)

  1. A little Greek, or one of small esteem or pretensions.
    • 1635, Ben Jonson, Timber, or Discoveries made upon men and matter‎:
      Which of the Greeklings durst ever give precepts to Demosthenes!

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for Greekling in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

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