Defn: Peculiar to Greece.
GREEKLING
Greek"ling, n.
Defn: A little Greek, or one of small esteem or pretensions. B.
Jonson.
GREEN
Green, a. [Compar. Greener (; superl. Greenest.] Etym: [OE. grene,
AS. grne; akin to D. groen, OS. grni, OHG. gruoni, G. grn, Dan. & Sw.
grn, Icel. grnn; fr. the root of E. grow. See Grow.]
1. Having the color of grass when fresh and growing; resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald.
2. Having a sickly color; wan. To look so green and pale. Shak.
3. Full of life aud vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent; as, a green manhood; a green wound. As valid against such an old and beneficent government as against . . . the greenest usurpation. Burke.
4. Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green fruit, corn, vegetables, etc.
5. Not roasted; half raw. [R.] We say the meat is green when half roasted. L. Watts.
6. Immature in age or experience; young; raw; not trained; awkward; as, green in years or judgment. I might be angry with the officious zeal which supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my gray hairs. Sir W. Scott.