grego

[ gree-goh, grey- ]
/ ˈgri goʊ, ˈgreɪ- /

noun, plural gre·gos.

a short, hooded coat of thick, coarse fabric, originally worn in the eastern Mediterranean countries.

Origin of grego

1740–50; perhaps < Portuguese (compare Spanish griego, Italian greco) < Latin Graecus Greek

Words nearby grego

greg, gregale, gregarine, gregarious, gregg, grego, gregorian, gregorian calendar, gregorian chant, gregorian mode, gregorian telescope

Example sentences from the Web for grego

  • Emmert, or Grego, or the two of them together, bribed those people to tell that story.

    Little Fuzzy |Henry Beam Piper

  • And here was Grego complaining that he couldn't go to the Eton and Harrow match.

    Mortal Coils |Aldous Huxley

  • Grego was apparently agreeable, as long as the job got done.

    Little Fuzzy |Henry Beam Piper

  • Grego guides me, as Virgil Dante, through all the mysteries of that other world.

    The Works of Max Beerbohm |Max Beerbohm