scholiastic
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Scholiastic — Scho li*as tic, a. Of or pertaining to a scholiast, or his pursuits. Swift. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
scholiastic — adjective see scholiast … New Collegiate Dictionary
scholiastic — scho·li·as·tic … English syllables
scholiastic — adjective see scholiast … Useful english dictionary
scholiast — scholiastic, adj. /skoh lee ast /, n. 1. an ancient commentator on the classics. 2. a person who writes scholia. [1575 85; < Gk scholiastés. See SCHOLIUM, IST] * * * … Universalium
Athanasia — Ath a*na si*a, Athanasy A*than a*sy, n. [NL. athanasia, fr. Gr. ?; ? priv. + ? death.] The quality of being deathless; immortality. [1913 Webster] Is not a scholiastic athanasy better than none? Lowell. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Athanasy — Athanasia Ath a*na si*a, Athanasy A*than a*sy, n. [NL. athanasia, fr. Gr. ?; ? priv. + ? death.] The quality of being deathless; immortality. [1913 Webster] Is not a scholiastic athanasy better than none? Lowell. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
scholiast — noun Etymology: Middle Greek scholiastēs, from scholiazein to write scholia on, from Greek scholion Date: 1583 a maker of scholia ; commentator, annotator • scholiastic adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
critical — Synonyms and related words: Herculean, abstruse, accurate, acute, alarming, allegorizing, annotative, appreciative, arduous, attentive, bad, basic, belittling, brutal, captious, carping, caviling, censorious, charged, choicy, choosy, clamorous,… … Moby Thesaurus
demonstrative — Synonyms and related words: Christophanic, Satanophanic, accessible, adoring, affectional, affectionate, affective, allegorizing, angelophanic, annotative, apodictic, appearing, approachable, candid, clarifying, communicative, conjugal,… … Moby Thesaurus
