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commatism

commatism noun: conciseness in writing.

Noun

commatism (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Conciseness in writing.
    • The parallelism in many parts of Hosea is imperfect, interrupted, and obscure; an effect perhaps of the commatism of the style.1820, Samuel Horsley, Biblical Criticism

Origin of commatism

See commatic, + -ism.

Questions about commatism

What does commatism mean?
Commatism means conciseness in writing.
What part of speech is commatism?
Commatism is a noun.

Words near commatism in the dictionary

  1. commas
  2. commas of Didymus
  3. commassie
  4. commata
  5. commatic
  6. commatism
  7. commaund
  8. commaundement
  9. commaundements
  10. commaundest
  11. commaundeth

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