Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: GREAT'EST – GREEK'ESS
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GREAT'EST, a.
Largest; most extensive or important.
GREAT'-HEART'ED, a.
High spirited; undejected. Clarendon.
GREAT'LY, adv.
- In a great degree; much. I will greatly multiply thy sorrow. Gen. iii.
- Nobly; illustriously. By a high fate, thou greatly didst expire. Dryden.
- Magnanimously; generously; bravely. He greatly scorned to turn his back on his foe. He greatly spurned the offered boon.
GREAT'NESS, n.
- Largeness of bulk, dimensions, number or quantity; as, the greatness of a mountain, of an edifice, of a multitude, or of a sum of money. With reference to solid bodies, however, we more generally use bulk, size, extent or magnitude than greatness; as, the bulk or size of the body; the extent of the ocean; the magnitude of the sun or of the earth.
- Large amount; extent; as, the greatness of a reward.
- High degree; as, the greatness of virtue or vice.
- High rank or place; elevation; dignity; distinction; eminence; power; command. Farewell, a long farewell to all my greatness. Shak.
- Swelling pride; affected state. It is not of pride or greatness that he cometh not aboard your ships. Bacon.
- Magnanimity; elevation of sentiment; nobleness; as, greatness of mind. Virtue is the only solid basis of greatness. Rambler.
- Strength or extent of intellectual faculties; as, the greatness of genius.
- Large extent or variety; as, the greatness of a man's acquisitions.
- Grandeur; pomp; magnificence. Greatness with Timon dwells in such a draught, / As brings all Brobdignag before your thought. Pope.
- Force; intensity; as, the greatness of sound, of passion, heat, &c.
GREAVE, n. [for Grove and Groove. See Grove and Groove.]
Spenser.
GREAVES, n. [plur. greevz. Port. and Sp. grevas. In Fr. greve is the calf of the leg.]
Armor for the legs; a sort of boots. 1 Sam. xvii.
GREBE, n.
A fowl of the genus Colymbus and order of Ansers, of several species; as, the tippet-grebe, the horned grebe, the cared grebe or dab-chick. Encyc.
GRE'CIAN, a.
Pertaining to Greece.
GRE'CIAN, n.
- A native of Greece. Also a Jew who understood Greek. Acts vi.
- One well versed in the Greek language.
GRE'CIAN-FIRE, n. [See GREEK-FIRE.]
GRE'CISM, n. [L. græcismus.]
An idiom of the Greek language. Addison.
GRE'CIZE, or GRE'CIAN-IZE, v.i.
To speak the Greek language.
GRE'CIZE, v.t.
- To render Grecian.
- To translate into Greek.
GRE'CIZ-ED, pp.
Rendered Greek.
GRE'CIZ-ING, ppr.
Rendering Greek.
GREE, n. [Fr. gré. See Agree.]
- Good will. [Obs.] Spenser.
- Step; rank; degree. [See Degree.] [Obs.] Spenser.
GREE, v.i.
To agree. [Obs.] [See Agree.]
GREECE, n. [W. gràz; L. gressus. It ought to be written grese, but it is entirely obsolete.]
A flight of steps. Bacon.
GREED, n.
Greediness. [Obs.] Graham.
GREED'I-LY, adv. [See Greedy.]
- With a keen appetite for food or drink; voraciously; ravenously; as, to eat or swallow greedily.
- With keen or ardent desire; eagerly. Jude 11.
GREED'I-NESS, n.
- Keenness of appetite for food or drink; ravenousness; voracity. Fox in stealth, wolf in greediness. Shak.
- Ardent desire.
GREED'Y, a. [Sax. grædig; D. greetig; Goth. gredags, from gredon, to hunger. It agrees in elements with L. gradior, and probably signifies reaching forward.]
- Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous; voracious; very hungry; followed by of; as, a lion that is greedy of his prey. Ps. xvii.
- Having a keen desire of any thing; eager to obtain; as, greedy of gain.
GREEK, a.
Pertaining to Greece. [See Gray.]
GREEK, n.
- A native of Greece.
- The language of Greece.
GREEK'ESS, n.
A female Greek. Taylor.