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Strict Calvinism. Bp. Montagu.

A genus of plants including the common broom of Western Europe.

An idiom of the German language.

Gluttonous; greedy. Sir P. Sidney.

One skilled in gnomonics. Boyle.

The principles, practices, or peculiarities of grammarians. [R.]

Somewhat green; having a tinge of green; as, a greenish yellow. -- Green"ish*ness, n.

One who shows the agreement or harmony of corresponding passages of different authors, as of the four evangelists.

One of a religious sect, founded in Würtemburg in the last century, composed of followers of George Rapp, a weaver. They had all their property in common. In 1803, a portion of this sect settled in Pennsylvania and called the village thus established, Harmony.

or pertaining to the heathen; resembling or characteristic of heathens. "Worse than heathenish crimes." Milton.

In a heathenish manner.

The state or quality of being heathenish. "The . . . heathenishness and profaneness of most playbooks." Prynne.

The religious system or rites of a heathen nation; idolatry; paganism.

The doctrine of the Hedonic sect.

One who believes in hedonism.

Same as Hedonic, 2.

The system of logic and philosophy set forth by Hegel, a German writer (1770-1831).

A phrase or form of speech in accordance with genius and construction or idioms of the Greek language; a Grecism. Addison.

One skilled in the Greek language and literature; as, the critical Hellenist.

Pertaining to the Hellenists. Hellenistic language, dialect, or idiom, the Greek spoken or used by the Jews who lived in countries where the Greek language prevailed; the Jewish-Greek dialect or idiom of the Septuagint.