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)

1. grammar (study of language)
2. (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.