Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grammarian

/ɡɹəˈmɛəɹɪən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.11 in modern English

Syllables: gram-mar-i-an
IPA: /ɡɹəˈmɛəɹɪən/

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who studies grammar, either scientifically or (traditionally) unscientifically.

noun

A person who pedantically critiques the grammar of others' speech or writing, especially when unscientifically and misguidedly.

Example Sentences

"Huddleston and Pullum are well-known grammarians of the 21st century."
"The goal of a grammarian is to discover the morphemes and words within a language, and to discover how they combine in the grammar."
"They spent hours disabusing the misinformed rants of various armchair grammarians."

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English gramarien, from Middle French gramarien, gramairien. Displaced native Old English stæfcræftiga.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: *gerbʰ-, gramarien

Inflected Forms

grammarians (plural)

Derived Forms

grammarianism Neogrammarian

Frequently Paired Words

grammarization grammarizing grammatical grammaticality grammaticalization grammaticity grammaticization grammatization

Synonyms

grammatician grammaticist syntactician

Questions

How do you pronounce grammarian?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡɹəˈmɛəɹɪən/.
What does grammarian mean?: A person who studies grammar, either scientifically or (traditionally) unscientifically.
Where does grammarian come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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