单词 | grammatist |
释义 | grammatistn. a. A grammarian, a student of grammar; chiefly used disparagingly. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > [noun] > grammarian grammarianc1380 grammariourc1540 Priscianist1556 grammatist1589 Priscian1598 artigrapher1753 1589 A. Fleming in tr. Virgil Bucolikes Ep. sig. A2v A direct order of construction for the releefe of weake Grammatists. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xiv. v. Annot. a ij Eculei..Not instruments of burning plates, like unto an horse..like as some Grammatists have imagined. 1635 R. Brathwait tr. M. Silesio Arcadian Princesse 170 Rhemnius Palæmon, that arrogant Grammarian, or rather Grammatist. 1786 J. H. Tooke Επεα Πτεροεντα viii. 236 (note) The constant excuse of them all, whether Grammatists, Grammarians or Philosophers. b. After Greek usage: A teacher of letters. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > teacher > schoolteacher or schoolmaster > [noun] > other schoolteachers gerund-grinder1710 hedge-schoolmaster1830 grammatist1850 discipline master1863 quizmaster1878 careers master1943 1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VIII. ii. lxv. 350 A general suppression of the higher class of teachers or professors, above the rank of the elementary teacher of letters or grammatist. Derivatives grammaˈtistical adj. befitting a grammatist. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > [adjective] > relating to or befitting a grammarian grammarian1589 grammatistical1837 1837 W. S. Landor Pentameron in Wks. (1846) II. 323/1 The affectation of Ovid was light and playful; Virgil's was wilful, perverse, and grammatistical. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1589 |
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