grammaticaster

English

Etymology

From grammatic +‎ -aster.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -æstə(ɹ)

Noun

grammaticaster (plural grammaticasters)

1. (derogatory) A pedantic, inferior grammarian.
   • 1997, Michael Grant, T.S. Eliot, page 86:

     Even Eliot who is too fine an artist to allow himself to be exploited by a blockhead grammaticaster turns recently toward 'one definite false note' in his quatrains,