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grammaticaster|grəˈmætɪkæstə(r)|
Also 7 grammaticastre.
[ad. med.L. grammaticaster ‘scriba, notarius’, f. grammatic-us; see grammatic and -aster.]
A petty or inferior grammarian. (Used in contempt.)
1601B. Jonson Poetaster 1, He tells thee true, my noble neophyte; my little grammaticaster, he does. 1659T. Pecke Parnassi Puerperium 21 Upon Hallus the Grammaticastre. 1716M. Davies Athen. Brit. I. 23 He was censur'd as a vain and noisy Grammaticaster..by the most intelligent part of his Profession. 1880M. Collins Th. in Garden I. 20 The construction..would have been clear enough to the keenest grammaticaster. |