grammaticaster

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English

Etymology

From grammatic +‎ -aster.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -æstə(ɹ)

Noun

grammaticaster (plural grammaticasters)

  1. (derogatory) A pedantic, inferior grammarian.
    • 1997, Michael Grant, T.S. Eliot, page 86:
      Even Eliot who is too fine an artist to allow himself to be exploited by a blockhead grammaticaster turns recently toward 'one definite false note' in his quatrains,