greecious

English

Adjective

greecious (comparative more greecious, superlative most greecious)

1. (nonstandard) Pronunciation spelling of gracious.
   • 1884, Theo Gift (Dorothy Henrietta Boulger), A matter-of-fact girl‎^[1], page 283:

     Mistress Lucking, that foire were in our greecious Queen's service, zo 'twould be treason to speak ill o't...

   • 1885, John Conroy Hutcheson, On Board the Esmeralda: Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story‎^[2]:

     "Gudeness greecious!" ejaculated the mate again, blinking bewilderedly, like an owl unexpectedly exposed to daylight; but Captain Billings did not waste time in any further explanations or unnecessary words.

   • 1929, Gerald William Bullett, The Pandervils: Egg & Nicky, Heinemann, page 393:

     ...we would 'umbly ask and crave thy greecious blessing, O Lard, upon this 'ousehold one and all gathered 'ere together at thy footstool.

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