Meanings
noungrammates pl (plural only)
- obsoletepluralplural onlyThe rudiments or first principles, as of grammar.
Ha , ha , ha ! These apish boys , when they but taste the grammates, And principles of theory, imagine
1633, John Ford, The Broken Heart
Origin
Ancient Greek
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