gramarie

Middle English

Alternative forms

gramary, gramery, grammarie, gramory, grammory

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman gramarie, variant of gramaire, from Latin grammatica. Doublet of gramere.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡramaˈriː(ə)/, /ˈɡraməriː(ə)/

Noun

gramarie (uncountable)

grammar (study of language)
(by extension) knowledge, study

Descendants

English: gramarye, grammary, gramary
- → Scots: gramarye, gramarie
Scots: glamourie (now literary)
- → English: glamoury, glamourie (obsolete)

References

“gramarī(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-15.

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