Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Neo-Greek \Ne`o-Greek"\, n.
   A member of a body of French painters (F. les n['e]o-Grecs)
   of the middle 19th century. The term is rather one applied by
   outsiders to certain artists of grave and refined style, such
   as Hamon and Aubert, than a name adopted by the artists
   themselves.