katharevousa
/ˌkɑːθəˈrevəsɑː/noun
mass noun
- a heavily archaized form of modern Greek used in traditional literary writing, as opposed to the form which is spoken and used in everyday writing (called demotic)（用于传统文学写作中的）纯正希腊语（与称为通俗希腊语的口语和日常书面语不同）。
词源
early 20th cent.: modern Greek, literally 'purified', feminine of kathareuōn, present participle of Greek kathareuein 'be pure', from katharos 'pure'.