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grammatist|ˈgræmətɪst|
[ad. F. grammatiste, ad. med.L. grammatista, ad. Gr. γραµµατιστής, f. γράµµατ-, γράµµα letter. Cf. F. grammatiste (1575 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
a. A grammarian, a student of grammar; chiefly used disparagingly.
b. After Greek usage: A teacher of letters.
1589Fleming Virg. Georg. To Rdr., A direct order of construction for the releefe of weake Grammatists. 1609Holland Amm. Marcell. xiv. v. Annot. a ij, Eculei..Not instruments of burning plates, like unto an horse..like as some Grammatists have imagined. 1635R. Brathwait Arcad. Pr. 170 Rhemnius Palæmon, that arrogant Grammarian, or rather Grammatist. 1798–1805Tooke Div. Purley (1860) 101 note, The constant excuse of them all, whether Grammatists, Grammarians, or Philosophers. 1849Grote Greece ii. lxv. VIII. 351 A general suppression of the higher class of teachers or professors, above the rank of the elementary (teacher of letters or) grammatist.
Hence grammaˈtistical a., befitting a grammatist.
1837Landor Pentameron Wks. 1846 II. 323/1 The affectation of Ovid was light and playful; Virgil's was wilful, perverse, and grammatistical. |
