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ctness or according to established usage; speech considered with regard to the rules of a grammar. The original bad grammar and bad spelling. Macaulay.

One versed in grammar, or the construction of languages; a philologist.

The principles, practices, or peculiarities of grammarians. [R.]

Without grammar.

One of a group of philologists who apply phonetic laws more widely and strictly than was formerly done, and who maintain that these laws admit of no real exceptions. --Ne`o*gram*mat"ic*al (#), a.

The accidents, of inflections of words; the rudiments of grammar. Milton.

In relation to the accusative case in grammar.

severely; to perplex; to trouble. Why should any one . . . beat his head about the Latin grammar who does not intend to be a critic Locke.

In Greek grammar, a sign ['] sometimes placed over a contracted syllable. W. W. Goodwin.

The act of tracing origin or descent, as in grammar or genealogy; as, the derivation of a word from an Aryan root.

A grammar. [Obs.] [Written also donet.]

mental, enforced with regularity and by constant repetition; as, a severe drill in Latin grammar.

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 bos, for the ox and cow; sometimes applied to eunuchs and hermaphrodites.

That pert of grammar which relates to the changes in the form of the words in a language; inflection.

n the application of the rules of any study or branch of science; as, in trigonometry and grammar, the principles and rules are illustrated by examples.

or trustworthy; erroneous; as, a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in grammar. Whose false foundation waves have swept away. Spenser.

Rudiments; first principles, as of grammar. [Obs.] Ford.

Of or pertaining to grammar; of the nature of grammar; as, a grammatical rule.

A petty grammarian; a grammatical pedant or pretender. My noble Neophite, my little grammaticaster. B. Jonson.

A principle of grammar; a grammatical rule. [Obs.] Dalgarno.