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OP Also in M-W, I noticed "katharevusa". I do not anticipate
having any use for it.
Katharevusa
SYLLABICATION: Ka·tha·rev·u·sa
PRONUNCIATION: käthä-rv-sä
NOUN: The puristic, archaizing form of Modern Greek, having morphological and lexical features borrowed from Koine.
ETYMOLOGY: Modern Greek kathareuousa, from Greek, feminine present participle of kathareuein, to be pure, from katharos, pure.
I do remember that there was a Christian heresy with
similar name in southern France in Middle Ages, viciously
exterminated.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted katharevusa wwh 06/05/03 05:18 PM Re: Catharism Capfka 06/05/03 07:18 PM Re: Catharism dxb 06/06/03 11:03 AM Re: Catharism Capfka 06/06/03 12:01 PM Re: Catharism wwh 06/06/03 12:59 PM Re: Catharism of troy 06/06/03 12:57 PM Re: Catharism Bingley 06/06/03 01:37 PM Re: Catharism Capfka 06/06/03 02:08 PM
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