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单词 agrammatist
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agrammatistn.

Brit. /əˈɡramətɪst/, U.S. /əˈɡræmədəst/
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element; modelled on a Greek lexical item. Etymons: Greek ἀγράμματος , -ist suffix.
Etymology: < ancient Greek ἀγράμματος illiterate ( < ἀ- a- prefix6 + γραμματ- , γράμμα letter: see grammar n.) + -ist suffix, after ancient Greek γραμματιστής grammatist n.
rare.
An illiterate person; one lacking in learning.Sometimes humorous or satirical.
ΚΠ
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Agrammatist, an unlearned, illiterate Man [Hence in Johnson and later Dicts.].
1799 G. Huddesford Bubble & Squeak 45 Modern Saints are in general such profound Agrammatists that they are constrained to circumscribe their Anathemas within the scanty limits of their native language.
1856 S. K. Hoshour Lett. to 'Squire Pedant (ed. 2) 47 The scribatious..aspects of your epistolography, had already premonstrated to me that you are no agrammatist, but a sapient philomath.
1912 M. K. van Rensselaer Prophetical, Educ. & Playing Cards xiv. 298 He [sc. Louis XIV] was a dull..pupil, so Cardinal Mazarin invented some ‘instruction cards’ for the youthful king that..proved attractive to others besides the agrammatist.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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