Katharevusa Definition
käthä-rĕvo͝o-sä
noun
The puristic, archaizing form of Modern Greek, having morphological and lexical features borrowed from Koine.
American Heritage
Origin of Katharevusa
Modern Greek kathareuousa from Greek feminine present participle of kathareuein to be pure from katharos pure
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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