Graminivorous
(Gram"i*niv"o*rous) a. [L. gramen, graminis, grass + vorare to eat greedily.] Feeding
or subsisting on grass, and the like food; — said of horses, cattle, and other animals.
Grammalogue
(Gram"ma*logue) 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.
Grammar
(Gram"mar) n. [OE. gramere, OF. gramaire, F. grammaire Prob. fr. L. gramatica Gr fem.
of skilled in grammar, fr. 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.
The whole fabric of grammar rests upon the classifying of words according to their function in the sentence.
Bain.
2. The art of speaking or writing with correctness or according to established usage; speech considered
with regard to the rules of a grammar.
The original bad grammar and bad spelling.
Macaulay. 3. A treatise on the principles of language; a book containing the principles and rules for correctness in
speaking or writing.
4. treatise on the elements or principles of any science; as, a grammar of geography.
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.
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 (b) In the American system of graded common schools an intermediate grade between the primary school
and the high school, in which the principles of English grammar are taught.
Grammar
(Gram"mar), v. i. To discourse according to the rules of grammar; to use grammar. [Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.
Grammarian
(Gram*ma"ri*an) n. [Cf. F. grammairien.]
1. One versed in grammar, or the construction of languages; a philologist.
"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.
2. One who writes on, or teaches, grammar.
Grammarianism
(Gram*ma"ri*an*ism) n. The principles, practices, or peculiarities of grammarians. [R.]
Grammarless
(Gram"mar*less) a. Without grammar.
