ka|tha|rev|ou|sa

ka|tha|rev|ou|sa
ka|tha|rev|ou|sa, ka|tha|rev|u|sa, or ka|tha|rev|ous|sa «KAH thuh REHV uh sah, -suh; -REHV oo sah», noun.
the literary form of the Greek language of the 1800's and until recently of official documents and modern scientific works. The difference between katharevousa and demotic, the spoken language of today, is largely in grammatical endings.
[< New Greek kathareuousa, ultimately < Greek kathareuein to be pure < katharós pure]

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