Definition of Klephtic

1. klepht [adj] - See also: klepht

Lexicographical Neighbors of Klephtic

klebsiella infections
klebsiella pneumonia
klebsiella pneumoniae
klebsiella rhinoscleromatis
klebsiellas
klecktoken
klecktokens
kleeblattschadel
kleemanite
kleenebok
kleenex
kleenexes
kleinite
kleinschmidt monolayer technique
klepht
klephtic (current term)
klephts
kleptarchies
kleptarchy
klepto
klepto-
kleptocracies
kleptocracy
kleptocrat
kleptocratic
kleptocrats
kleptomania
kleptomaniac
kleptomaniacal

Literary usage of Klephtic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1846)
"... THE klephtic WARRIOR. NIGHT broods o'er the mountains grimly, Falls among the rocks the snow ; But through wilds and darkness dimly, Sword in hand, ..."

2. Neohellenic Language and Literature: Three Lectures Delivered at Oxford in by Platon E. Drakoules (1897)
"... literature—(klephtic songs—Cretan poetry —Greek Church and Nationalism). IN my last lecture I examined how ..."

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