katharevousa

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Definitions of katharevousa word

noun katharevousa The purist form of modern Greek used in traditional literary writing, as opposed to the form that is spoken and used in everyday writing (called demotic). 1
noun katharevousa the form of Modern Greek that conforms to classical Greek usage 0

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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