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G — Graff to Grief (Part 8 of 11)

    7. Magnanimous, generous, chivalrous, highminded.
    8. Sumptuous, rich, magnificent.
    9. Hard, difficult, onerous, burdensome, grievous.
    10. Chief, principal, main, leading, grand.
    11. Superior, pre-eminent.

Great, n. [With The prefixed.] Great persons, persons of rank, people of distinction.

Great Bear, n. [With The prefixed.] Charles’s Wain, the Wain, Ursa Major, the Dipper, the Cleaver.

Great-bellied, a. Abdominous, large-bellied, big-bellied, pot-bellied, tun-bellied, gor-bellied, paunchy, pursy.

Greatest good. Supreme good, summum bonum.

Great-hearted, a. Noble, magnanimous, generous, chivalrous, high-spirited, high-minded.

Greatness, n.

    1. Largeness, magnitude, size, bulk, dimensions.
    2. High degree.
    3. Distinction, eminence, elevation, fame, renown.
    4. Dignity, augustness, majesty, sublimity, loftiness, exaltation, nobility, nobleness.
    5. Magnanimity, generosity, nobleness, disinterestedness, chivalrous spirit.

Grecian, a. See greek, a.

Grecian, n.

    1. Greek, native of Greece, Heilene.
    2. Adept in Greek, proficient in the Greek language, Greek scholar, Hellenist.

Grecism, n. Greekism, Hellenism.

Greed, n. Eagerness, longing. See greediness.