philhellene

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adjective

phil·​hel·​lene (ˌ)fil-ˈhe-ˌlēn 

variants or philhellenic

ˌfil-hə-ˈle-nik 

: admiring Greece or the Greeks

philhellene noun

philhellenism

(ˌ)fil-ˈhe-lə-ˌni-zəm 

noun

philhellenist

(ˌ)fil-ˈhe-lə-nist 

noun

philhellenism

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noun

phil·​hel·​len·​ism filˈheləˌnizəm 

: veneration of Greece or the Greeks

literary philhellenism from Shakespeare to Byron

—Terence Spencer

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Greek philellēn, from phil- + Hellēn Hellene

First Known Use

Adjective

circa 1825, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for philhellene

• acridine
• acrolein
• adenine
• alkylene
• aniline
• anthracene
• aquiline
• asphaltene
• atlantean
• atrazine
• butadiene
• butylene