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Traditional English :: grammalogue
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grammarless.html - n. 1 a word represented by a single shorthand sign. 2 a logogram. [irreg. f. Gk gramma letter of the alphabet + logos word] |
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Traditional English :: grammar
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grammarless.html - n. 1 a the study or rules of a language's inflections or other means of showing the relation between words, including its phonetic system. b a body of form and usages in a specified language (Latin grammar). 2 a person's manner or quality of observance or application of the rules of grammar (bad grammar). 3 a book on grammar. 4 the elements or rudiments of an art or science. 5 Brit. colloq. = grammar school. grammar school 1 Brit. esp. hist. a selective State secondary school with a mainly academic curriculum. 2 Brit. hist. a school founded in or before the 16th c. for teaching Latin, later becoming a secondary school teaching academic subjects. 3 US a school intermediate between primary and high school. grammarless adj. [ME f. AF gramere, OF gramaire f. L grammatica f. Gk grammatike (tekhne) (art) of letters f. gramma -atos letter of the alphabet] |
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Traditional English :: grammarian
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grammarless.html - n. an expert in grammar or linguistics; a philologist. [ME f. OF gramarien] |
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Traditional English :: grammatical
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grammarless.html - adj. 1 a of or relating to grammar. b determined by grammar, esp. by form or inflection (grammatical gender). 2 conforming to the rules of grammar, or to the formal principles of an art, science, etc. grammatically adv. grammaticalness n. [F grammatical or LL grammaticalis f. L grammaticus f. Gk grammatikos (as GRAMMAR)] |
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Traditional English :: grammalogue
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grammarless.html - n. 1 a word represented by a single shorthand sign. 2 a logogram. [irreg. f. Gk gramma letter of the alphabet + logos word] |
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Traditional English :: grammar
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grammarless.html - n. 1 a the study or rules of a language's inflections or other means of showing the relation between words, including its phonetic system. b a body of form and usages in a specified language (Latin grammar). 2 a person's manner or quality of observance or application of the rules of grammar (bad grammar). 3 a book on grammar. 4 the elements or rudiments of an art or science. 5 Brit. colloq. = grammar school. grammar school 1 Brit. esp. hist. a selective State secondary school with a mainly academic curriculum. 2 Brit. hist. a school founded in or before the 16th c. for teaching Latin, later becoming a secondary school teaching academic subjects. 3 US a school intermediate between primary and high school. grammarless adj. [ME f. AF gramere, OF gramaire f. L grammatica f. Gk grammatike (tekhne) (art) of letters f. gramma -atos letter of the alphabet] |
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