[N]o pedantic quotations from Talmudists and scholiasts […] ever marred the effect of his grave and temperate discourses.
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Scholiast
/ˈskəʊ.lɪ.æst/
Synonyms for "scholiast" (69 found)
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allegoristannotatorbook reviewercaptious criticcarpercavilercensorcensurerciceroneclarifiercognoscentecommentator
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editorial compiler
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emendereuhemeristexegesistexegeteexegetistexplainerexplicatorexponentexpositorexpounderfaultfinderglossaristglossographergo betweengo-betweenguidehermeneutinterpreterleader writerlexicographer
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literary criticman of lettersmetaphrastmuckrakernews analystoneirocriticparaphrastpublicistreviewersmellfungussocial critictextual critictranslator
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6 entriesGreek scholiastancient scholiastclassical scholiastscholiast commentaryscholiast notesscholiastic glosses
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[L]ike it or not, I was caught up once more in the scholiast’s game, paring popular notions of the ‘queer’ and ‘unearthly’ from notions of the ‘monstrous’.
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