Definition of grammar

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Grammar (n.) A treatise on the principles of language; a book containing the principles and rules for correctness in speaking or writing.

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Grammarianism :: Grammarianism (n.) The principles, practices, or peculiarities of grammarians..
Grammar :: Grammar (n.) 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 aud application of the rules of a language, in speaking or writing..
Guna :: Guna (n.) In Sanskrit grammar, a lengthening of the simple vowels a, i, e, by prefixing an a element. The term is sometimes used to denote the same vowel change in other languages..
Primitive :: Primitive (a.) Original; primary; radical; not derived; as, primitive verb in grammar..
Than :: Than (conj.) A particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more, better, other, otherwise, and the like. It is usually followed by the object compared in the nominative case. Sometimes, however, the object compared is placed in the objective case, and than is then considered by some grammarians as a preposition. Sometimes the object is expressed in a sentence, usually introduced by that; as, I would rather suffer than that y
Grammaticaster :: Grammaticaster (n.) A petty grammarian; a grammatical pedant or pretender.
Grammar :: Grammar (n.) treatise on the elements or principles of any science; as, a grammar of geography..
Toss :: Toss (v. t.) To keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar..
Grammaticism :: Grammaticism (n.) A point or principle of grammar.
Drill :: Drill (n.) Any exercise, physical or mental, enforced with regularity and by constant repetition; as, a severe drill in Latin grammar..
Grammar :: Grammar (n.) A treatise on the principles of language; a book containing the principles and rules for correctness in speaking or writing.
Prosody :: Prosody (n.) That part of grammar which treats of the quantity of syllables, of accent, and of the laws of versification or metrical composition..
Grammates :: Grammates (n. pl.) Rudiments; first principles, as of grammar..
Syntaxis :: Syntax (n.) That part of grammar which treats of the construction of sentences; the due arrangement of words in sentences in their necessary relations, according to established usage in any language..
Accusatively :: Accusatively (adv.) In relation to the accusative case in grammar.
Grammar :: Grammar (n.) The art of speaking or writing with correctness or according to established usage; speech considered with regard to the rules of a grammar.
Grammarian :: Grammarian (n.) One who writes on, or teaches, grammar..
Grammatication :: Grammatication (n.) A principle of grammar; a grammatical rule.
Epicene :: Epicene (a. & n.) Common to both sexes; -- a term applied, in grammar, to such nouns as have but one form of gender, either the masculine or feminine, to indicate animals of both sexes; as boy^s, bos, for the ox and cow; sometimes applied to eunuchs and hermaphrodites..
Grammatist :: Grammatist (n.) A petty grammarian.
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