Grammaticism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A point or principle of grammar. dated

    "1693-1694, Archbishop Robert Leighton, A Commentary upon the First Epistle of Peter No, if we would contest grammaticisms, the word here, is passive: ye are returned, reduced, or caused to return."

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"1693-1694, Archbishop Robert Leighton, A Commentary upon the First Epistle of Peter No, if we would contest grammaticisms, the word here, is passive: ye are returned, reduced, or caused to return."

Etymology

From grammatic + -ism.

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