Gram*ma"ri*an*ism (?), n. The principles, practices, or peculiarities
of grammarians. [R.]
Gram"mar*less (?), a. Without grammar.
Gram"mates (?), n. pl. [From Gr. &?; letters, written rules.]
Rudiments; first principles, as of grammar. [Obs.] Ford.
Gram*mat"ic (?), a. Grammatical.
Gram*mat"ic*al (?), a. [L. grammaticus, grammaticalis; Gr. &?; skilled
in grammar, knowing one's letters, from &?; a letter: cf. F.
grammatical. See Grammar.] 1. Of or pertaining to grammar; of the
nature of grammar; as, a grammatical rule.
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.
Gram*mat"icas"ter (?), n. [LL.] A petty grammarian; a grammatical
pedant or pretender.
My noble Neophite, my little grammaticaster.
B. Jonson.
Gram*mat"i*ca"tion (?), n. A principle of grammar; a grammatical rule.
[Obs.] Dalgarno.
Gram*mat"i*cism (?), n. A point or principle of grammar. Abp. Leighton.
Gram*mat"i*cize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grammaticized (?); p. pr. &
vb. n. Grammaticizing (?).] To render grammatical. Fuller.
Gram"ma*tist (?), n. [L. grammatista schoolmaster, Gr. &?;, from &?; to
teach the letters, to be a scribe: cf. F. grammatiste. See
Grammatical.] A petty grammarian. [R] Tooke.
Gramme (?), n. Same as Gram the weight.
Gramme" ma*chine" (?). (Elec.) A kind of dynamo-electric machine; -- so
named from its French inventor, M. Gramme. Knight.
Gram"pus (?), n.; pl. Grampuses (#). [Probably corrupted from It. gran
pesce great fish, or Sp. gran pez, or Pg. gran peixe, all fr. L.
grandis piscis. See Grand, and Fish. the animal.] 1. (Zoˆl.) A toothed
delphinoid cetacean, of the genus Grampus, esp. G. griseus of Europe
and America, which is valued for its oil. It grows to be fifteen to
twenty feet long; its color is gray with white streaks. Called also
cowfish. The California grampus is G. Stearnsii.