a. [ Gr. 'a`kros extreme + &unr_; alone + &unr_; a letter. ] Having each verse begin with the same letter as that with which the preceding verse ends. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; illiterate; 'a priv. + &unr_; letters, fr. &unr_; to write. ] A illiterate person. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. anagrammatique. ] Pertaining to, containing, or making, an anagram. -- An`a*gram*mat"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. 'anagrammatismo`s: cf. F. anagrammatisme. ] The act or practice of making anagrams. Camden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. anagrammatiste. ] A maker of anagrams. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Gr. 'anagrammati`zein cf. F. anagrammatiser. ] To transpose, as the letters of a word, so as to form an anagram. Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. chronogrammatique. ] Belonging to a chronogram, or containing one. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A writer of chronograms. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus sometimes placed in the family Polypodiaceae or Cryptogrammataceae.
Syn. -- genus Cryptogramma. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems.
Syn. -- family Cryptogrammataceae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a diagram; showing by diagram. -- Di`a*gram*mat"ic*ly adv. [1913 Webster]

{ }[ L. epigrammaticus: cf. F. épigrammatique. ] 1. Writing epigrams; dealing in epigrams; as, an epigrammatical poet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Suitable to epigrams; belonging to epigrams; like an epigram; pointed; piquant; as, epigrammatic style, wit, or sallies of fancy. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the way of epigram; in an epigrammatic style. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. epigrammatista: cf. F. épigrammatiste. ] One who composes epigrams, or makes use of them. [ 1913 Webster ]

The brisk epigrammatist showing off his own cleverness. Holmes. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Epigrammatized p. pr. & vb. n. Epigrammatizing ] To represent by epigrams; to express by epigrams. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who writes in an affectedly pointed style. [ 1913 Webster ]

Epigrammatizers of our English prose style. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A pasture grass of the plains of South America and western North America; same as grama grass, which see.
Syn. -- grama, grama grass, gramma grass. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. gra`mma letter + lo`gos word. Cf. Logogram. ] (Phonography) Literally, a letter word; a word represented by a logogram; as, it, represented by |, that is, t. Pitman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. gramere, OF. gramaire, F. grammaire Prob. fr. L. gramatica Gr &unr_;, fem. of &unr_; skilled in grammar, fr. &unr_; letter. See Gramme, Graphic, and cf. Grammatical, Gramarye. ] 1. The science which treats of the principles of language; the study of forms of speech, and their relations to one another; the art concerned with the right use and application of the rules of a language, in speaking or writing. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The whole fabric of grammar rests upon the classifying of words according to their function in the sentence. Bain. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The art of speaking or writing with correctness or according to established usage; speech considered with regard to the rules of a grammar. [ 1913 Webster ]

The original bad grammar and bad spelling. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A treatise on the principles of language; a book containing the principles and rules for correctness in speaking or writing. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. treatise on the elements or principles of any science; as, a grammar of geography. [ 1913 Webster ]

Comparative grammar, the science which determines the relations of kindred languages by examining and comparing their grammatical forms. --
Grammar school. (a) A school, usually endowed, in which Latin and Greek grammar are taught, as also other studies preparatory to colleges or universities; as, the famous Rugby Grammar School. This use of the word is more common in England than in the United States. [ 1913 Webster ]

When any town shall increase to the number of a hundred
families or householders, they shall set up a grammar school, the master thereof being able to instruct youth so far as they may be fitted for the University. Mass. Records (1647).

(b) In the American system of graded common schools, at one time the term referred to an intermediate school between the primary school and the high school, in which the principles of English grammar were taught; now, it is synonymous with primary school or elementary school, being the first school at which children are taught subjects required by the state educational laws. In different communities, the grammar school (primary school) may have grades 1 to 4, 1 to 6, or 1 to 8, usually together with a kindergarten. Schools between the primary school and high school are now commonly termed middle school or intermediate school. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

v. i. To discourse according to the rules of grammar; to use grammar. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. grammairien. ] 1. One versed in grammar, or the construction of languages; a philologist. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ “The term was used by the classic ancients as a term of honorable distinction for all who were considered learned in any art or faculty whatever.” Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who writes on, or teaches, grammar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The principles, practices, or peculiarities of grammarians. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without grammar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ From Gr. &unr_; letters, written rules. ] Rudiments; first principles, as of grammar. [ Obs. ] Ford. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Grammatical. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. grammaticus, grammaticalis; Gr. &unr_; skilled in grammar, knowing one's letters, from &unr_; a letter: cf. F. grammatical. See Grammar. ] 1. Of or pertaining to grammar; of the nature of grammar; as, a grammatical rule. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. According to the rules of grammar; grammatically correct; as, the sentence is not grammatical; the construction is not grammatical.

--Gram*mat"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Gram*mat"ic*al*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. ] A petty grammarian; a grammatical pedant or pretender. [ 1913 Webster ]

My noble Neophite, my little grammaticaster. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A principle of grammar; a grammatical rule. [ Obs. ] Dalgarno. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A point or principle of grammar. Abp. Leighton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Grammaticized p. pr. & vb. n. Grammaticizing ] To render grammatical. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. grammatista schoolmaster, Gr. &unr_;, from &unr_; to teach the letters, to be a scribe: cf. F. grammatiste. See Grammatical. ] A petty grammarian. [ R. ] Tooke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A small genus of large epiphytic or terrestrial orchids of Southeastern Asia to Polynesia; the giants of the Orchidaceae having long narrow leaves and drooping flower clusters often 6 feet long.
Syn. -- genus Grammatophyllum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Cf. F. hiérogrammatique. ] Written in, or pertaining to, hierograms; expressive of sacred writing. Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. hiérogrammatiste. ] A writer of hierograms; also, one skilled in hieroglyphics. Greenhill.

a. [ Gr. lipogra`mmatos: cf. F. lipogrammatique. ] Omitting a letter; composed of words not having a certain letter or letters; as, lipogrammatic writings. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. lipogrammatiste. ] One who makes a lipogram. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Anagrammatism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Monogrammic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Monogrammic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Neo- + grammarian; a translation of G. junggrammatiker. ] One of a group of philologists who apply phonetic laws more widely and strictly than was formerly done, and who maintain that these laws admit of no real exceptions. -- Ne`o*gram*mat"ic*al a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

n. A punster. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a parallelogram; parallelogrammic. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Programmata [ L. See Programme. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Gr. Antiq.) Any law, which, after it had passed the Athenian senate, was fixed on a tablet for public inspection previously to its being proposed to the general assembly of the people. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An edict published for public information; an official bulletin; a public proclamation. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. See Programme. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A preface. [ Obs. ] T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;; te`tra- (see Tetra-) + &unr_; a letter. ] The mystic number four, which was often symbolized to represent the Deity, whose name was expressed by four letters among some ancient nations; as, the Hebrew JeHoVaH, Greek qeo`s, Latin deus, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; + &unr_; a letter. ] Containing three letters or characters, or three sets of letters or characters. [ 1913 Webster ]

See drainable.
See dramatic.
See drinkable.
See durable.
See duteous.
See dutiful.
See earnest.
See eatable.
See ecclesiastical.
See edible.
See elaborate.
See elective.
See elusive.
See emotional.
See emphatic. See employable.
See employable.
See endurable.
See -English.
See entire.
See enviable.
See envious.
See episcopal.
See equable.
See errable.
See escapable.
See evangelical.
See eventful.
See evident.
See exact.
See examinable.
See exceptionable.
See exclusive.
See exemplary.
See exempt.
See exhaustible.
See existent.
See expectable.
See expectant.
See explainable.
See express.
See expressible.
See expugnable.
See extinct.
See factious.
See fadable.
See fain.
See familiar.
See famous.
See fashionable.
See fast.
See fatherly.
See fathomable.
See faulty.
See fearful.
See feasible.
See felicitous.
See felt.
See feminine.
See fermentable.
See festival.
See fine.
See fleshy.
See fluent.
See forcible.
See fordable.
See foreknowable.
See foreseeable.
See forgetful.
See forgivable.
See formal.
See framable.
See fraternal.
See friable.
See frightful.
See frustrable.
See full.
See gainable.
See gainful.
See gallant.
See genial.
See genteel.
See gentle.
See gentlemanlike.
See gentlemanly.
See geometrical.
See ghostly.
See glad.
See godlike.
See good.
See goodly.
See gorgeous.
See grammatical.
See grave.
See guidable.
See guilty.
See habile.
See habitable.
See hale.
See handy.
See hardy.
See harmful.
See hasty.
See hazardous.
See healable.
See healthful.
See healthy.
See heavenly.
See heedful.
See helpful.
See heritable.
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n. 1. (Linguistics) the principles forming the basis for the human ability to understand language. [ PJC ]

2. (Linguistics) the general properties and constraints common to all human languages; also, the study of such principles. [ PJC ]