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Word Meanings - RAMIST - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A follower of Pierre Ramé, better known as Ramus, a celebrated French scholar, who was professor of rhetoric and philosophy at Paris in the reign of Henry II., and opposed the Aristotelians.

Related words: (words related to RAMIST)

  • PROFESSORY
    Of or pertaining to a professor; professorial. Bacon.
  • RAMUSCULE
    A small ramus, or branch.
  • PROFESSORIALISM
    The character, manners, or habits of a professor.
  • PARISYLLABIC; PARISYLLABICAL
    Having the same number of syllables in all its inflections.
  • OPPOSABILITY
    The condition or quality of being opposable. In no savage have I ever seen the slightest approach to opposability of the great toe, which is the essential distinguishing feature of apes. A. R. Wallace.
  • PROFESSORIAT
    See PROFESSORIATE
  • RHETORICIAN
    1. One well versed in the rules and principles of rhetoric. The understanding is that by which a man becomes a mere logician and a mere rhetorician. F. W. Robertson. 2. A teacher of rhetoric. The ancient sophists and rhetoricians, which ever had
  • PIERRE-PERDU
    Blocks of stone or concrete heaped loosely in the water to make a foundation , a mole, etc.
  • OPPOSITIONIST
    One who belongs to the opposition party. Praed.
  • SCHOLARSHIP
    1. The character and qualities of a scholar; attainments in science or literature; erudition; learning. A man of my master's . . . great scholarship. Pope. 2. Literary education. Any other house of scholarship. Milton. 3. Maintenance for a scholar;
  • OPPOSITIVE
    Capable of being put in opposition. Bp. Hall.
  • CELEBRATE
    1. To extol or honor in a solemn manner; as, to celebrate the name of the Most High. 2. To honor by solemn rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly; to keep; as, to celebrate a birthday.
  • OPPOSELESS
    Not to be effectually opposed; irresistible. "Your great opposeless wills." Shak.
  • PROFESSOR
    1. One who professed, or makes open declaration of, his sentiments or opinions; especially, one who makes a public avowal of his belief in the Scriptures and his faith in Christ, and thus unites himself to the visible church. "Professors
  • CELEBRATION
    The act, process, or time of celebrating. His memory deserving a particular celebration. Clarendok. Celebration of Mass is equivalent to offering Mass Cath. Dict. To hasten the celebration of their marriage. Sir P. Sidney.
  • PHILOSOPHY
    1. Literally, the love of, including the search after, wisdom; in actual usage, the knowledge of phenomena as explained by, and resolved into, causes and reasons, powers and laws. Note: When applied to any particular department of knowledge,
  • PROFESSORSHIP
    The office or position of a professor, or public teacher. Walton.
  • BETTERMOST
    Best. "The bettermost classes." Brougham.
  • PARISHEN
    A parishioner. Chaucer.
  • OPPOSITIFOLIOUS
    Placed at the same node with a leaf, but separated from it by the whole diameter of the stem; as, an oppositifolious peduncle.
  • IMPARISYLLABIC
    Not consisting of an equal number of syllables; as, an imparisyllabic noun, one which has not the same number of syllables in all the cases; as, lapis, lapidis; mens, mentis.
  • PREIGNITION
    Ignition in an internal-combustion engine while the inlet valve is open or before compression is completed.
  • HEATHENRY
    1. The state, quality, or character of the heathen. Your heathenry and your laziness. C. Kingsley. 2. Heathendom; heathen nations.
  • FOREIGNER
    A person belonging to or owning allegiance to a foreign country; one not native in the country or jurisdiction under consideration, or not naturalized there; an alien; a stranger. Joy is such a foreigner, So mere a stranger to my thoughts. Denham.
  • FOREIGNNESS
    The quality of being foreign; remoteness; want of relation or appropriateness. Let not the foreignness of the subject hinder you from endeavoring to set me right. Locke. A foreignness of complexion. G. Eliot.

 

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