grammates
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
grammates pl (plural only)
- (obsolete) The rudiments or first principles, as of grammar.
- 1633, John Ford, The Broken Heart:
- Ha , ha , ha ! These apish boys , when they but taste the grammates, And principles of theory, imagine
References[edit]
“grammates”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.